So first off I'd like to apologize for how long I took to get chapter 3 up. I've just been really busy, but I'm on vacation right now and I'll try and write a lot for you guys. And thank you so much for all the reviews. They were awesome and really made me feel good about this story, especially since it's my first fanfic. Anyways, I hope you enjoy chapter 3…
Chapter 3
Brooke and Lucas were dancing to a slow song on the dance floor together while Nathan, Peyton, and Mouth are in the kitchen.
"Hi you've reached Haley, sorry I can't come to the phone…." Nathan just hung up after another attempt to try and call Haley. He had already left about 3 messages.
"Nathan I'm sure she's fine, she probably just got some customers in the café who won't leave, stop worrying," Peyton tried to calm Nathan down. That was probably the eighth time he has called her wondering where she was and he got her voicemail every time.
"Peyton, she said it would only take an hour and she has been gone for 2 now and she hasn't even called. She always calls!"
"Maybe the café just got busy with people going there after the game," Mouth said trying to calm Nathan down. He hated it when Nathan was angry because he gets out of control, especially when it comes to Haley.
"Mouth makes an excellent point, Nathan. And she probably hasn't called or picked up her phone because she's so busy. Just relax and try and have some fun…here have a drink," Peyton hands Nathan a beer, hoping to relax him a little.
Nathan takes the drink and at first is hesitant, but then he chugs it down. He knew Haley was probably fine, but he just had a feeling in the pit of his stomach that something wasn't. So he figured if a beer would help him relax a little, then so be it, he needed to let loose….
A little bit later in the night, Brooke and Lucas were still dancing when they hear a bunch of laughter and hollering coming from the kitchen. Both of them curious decided to go in there to see what all the commotion was about. When they got there they saw an already drunk Nathan playing beer pong with Tim and some other guys from the team. Nathan was currently chugging another cup of beer.
"Well it looks like Nathan is loosing since he is already drunk," Brooke noticed
"Yeah no kidding," said Lucas.
"Peyton what the hell happened, how much has he had to drink?"
"Well he was all worried about Haley not being here yet, so I gave him a beer and then he started playing beer pong with the guys and lets just say we're lucky his basketball skills are nothing like his beer pong skills since he basically sucks at this."
"So he's still playing, even though he's losing," Brooke asked.
"Of course he is, you know how competitive Nathan is," Peyton said. Brooke and Lucas nodded their heads, both agreeing with Peyton.
"Hey where is Haley anyway, isn't she supposed to be here by now?" wondered Lucas.
"Maybe she was tired and just went home after closing up the café." Brooke suggested.
"Yeah you're probably right."
"Hey has anybody seen Blake?" Mouth asked.
"Well I saw him walking around the house and then he told me he wanted to explore Tree Hill for a bit and then head back to your house, Mouth." Peyton said.
"Speaking of heading home, I'm gonna head out, I told my mom I would help out at the café tomorrow, so I gotta get up early."
"Okay Broody, I'm gonna stay a little bit longer. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Okay cheery, I love you," Lucas gave Brooke a kiss and started heading out when he stopped and turned, "Now will you guys make sure Nathan gets home safe if Haley doesn't stop by?"
"Don't worry Luke we've got it covered," Peyton said pushing him out the door.
"Ok bye and make him stop playing soon and don't let him drive home!"
"I'll drive him," Peyton offered and with that said Lucas walked out the door to head home.
Lucas decided to walk home because it wasn't too far and as he was passing by his mom's café, he noticed that the light was still on, but he could not see anybody inside. He walked up to the door to see if it was unlocked….it was, so he walked inside.
"Hales!" He didn't get an answer.
"Hales are you still here?" He still didn't get an answer, but he heard something behind the counter, he walked slowly to see what was going on, but he knew something wasn't right.
Nothing could have prepared him for what he was seeing….Haley was behind the counter crying silently, her knees tucked into her chest. Her hair was a mess, her cheerleading uniform was torn a little and there was a pretty big bruise on both of her arms. She just looked so helpless lying on the floor crying.
"Haley what the hell happened to you?" The first thing he felt was rage, how could someone do this to Haley? "Haley you have to tell me, who did this to you?"
It takes her awhile to respond, but when she does she says, "I…don't know….. He just walked in here and…..attacked me." She said it in such a soft voice that Lucas could barely hear her.
"Haley we have to get you to the hospital. Did he…..you know…?" Lucas found himself at a loss of words he could not even say it for fear that it might be true.
Haley's crying even harder now and she just nods her head at Lucas's question.
"Haley, you know we have to get you to the hospital."
Haley knew Lucas wouldn't budge and she was too weak to fight with him. She had done enough fighting that night, so she just nodded her head yes.
"Ok good lets' get out of here."
Lucas helped Haley up and they were on the way to the hospital when Lucas remembered Nathan. He had yet to call him about what happened, hopefully he's sober by now and if he's not then this will definitely do that trick, Lucas thought.
"Hales we better call Nathan and tell him what happened, so he can meet us at the hospital. I can call him for you if you want."
"NO! Lucas please, we can't tell Nathan, I don't want him to know. Just please don't tell anyone. I just want to keep it to ourselves and bury it."
"Haley he's your husband, he deserves to know."
"Look Luke I kept your heart condition a secret from everyone, I didn't understand it, but you asked me to, so I respected your decision. Now I'm asking you to do the same thing for me and not tell anybody what happened to me."
"I don't agree with your decision, but I guess I owe it to you. So I won't tell Nathan….yet, but Hales you have to tell him sometime."
"I know." Haley said quietly.
"Haley…can I ask you something?"
"I think you're going to anyway."
"What exactly happened back there?"
Haley knew it was coming, but she wanted to avoid the question. She didn't know if she would be able to tell what Blake did to her out loud to someone else, even if it was to her best friend. She took a deep breath, "I was getting ready to close the café, a guy walked in," Haley started crying and she didn't know if she could finish. Lucas knew this was hard for her, but he needed to know, so he could help her get through this. He put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "And…that's when he….raped me….I fought as hard as I could, but he was too strong, Luke." Haley was bawling now. She couldn't believe that that had just happened to her.
"So you have no idea who the guy is?" Lucas wanted to kill whoever did this to her.
"No," She didn't want to tell Lucas it was Blake because he had told Haley worse things will happen to her if she tells anyone and she didn't think she could handle anymore.
The rest of the ride to the hospital was silent. Lucas could see the tears in Haley's eyes and he worried for her. He wondered if she would ever be okay.
When they arrived at the hospital the doctor's took Haley in right away while Lucas sat and waited in the waiting room. After about a half hour Haley came back out. She looked a little bit better, but she still wasn't the same old Haley and Lucas wondered if she ever would be.
"Come on Haley, let's get you home," Lucas said, trying to comfort her.
"Thanks Luke for everything," Haley said.
"No problem, I just hope you're gonna be okay Haley."
"I will be, I just want to move on and forget about it," She tried her best smile to assure Lucas she was okay, but it did not really work.
"Okay bye Luke, I'll see you later."
"Bye Hales."
Haley worked her way up to the apartment. She knew it was going to be hard to face Nathan, but she was going to have to. She prayed he was still at the party, since it was still pretty early in the night. She took a deep breath and opened the door…
So there you go chapter 3, I'll try and get chapter 4 up soon. I've already written some of it, so don't worry it won't take to long! Now please review because I love hearing what you guys think…I hope you liked it!