To live is to Love

Chapter two

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Haley screamed at the top of her lungs as Lucas fell heavy to the ground. Suddenly, a large hand was against her mouth forcing her to be quiet.

"Haley!" Nathan shushed. After he managed to get her to stop making a scene, he bent down to see how his brother was doing.

"Nathan! Oh my god I'm so glad you're okay!" Haley whispered, more tears falling down her face. Suddenly she remember what Nathan had done to Lucas.

"Why'd you hit Lucas?"

He looked up at her sadly. "I didn't know who it was at first. I thought it was the kid with the gun!" He placed his hand on Lucas' face.

"Is he going to be okay?" She asked, looking at her best friend laying 'dead like' on the ground.

"He'll be fine. He'll just have a big headache." Nathan got up and placed his arms under Lucas' shoulder and dragged him behind a big bookshelf.

"Jees, woman. You have one loud voice. We don't want that psycho to come after us." He laid his brother against the books and looked at his wife. "Are you sure you're okay? Why are you still here?" He looked at her worriedly.

"Yeah Nathan, I'm fine. I found Lucas right after the first gun shot went off . He's searching for Peyton. We saw blood everywhere and her messenger bag but we don't know where she is. She can't be too far." Haley sat down on the floor and moved a small piece of hair off of Lucas' forehead.

Slowly, Lucas began to come too it. He opened his eyes to see Nathan to the right of him, looking concerned.

"You okay, man?" Nathan asked as Lucas tried to sit up.

"Yeah," He squinted his eyes a little. "Did you knock me out, Nate?"

"Yeah, Sorry. I thought you were a bad guy." Nathan stated, kind of embarrassed.

"Don't worry about. I'm glad you're here. Now you can stay with Haley while I find Peyton.

Suddenly, another gun shot rang out not far from where they were. Haley tried her hardest not to scream and Nathan placed his hand back on her mouth, just in case.

"How about not, Luke." Nathan looked sternly at his brother.

"I can't just let her be alone all by herself. I can't do that to her. She needs me." He argued.

"Well, she needs you alive, not dead Luke." Nathan tried to reason, but he knew his odds were very slim.

"What if something happens to her? What if she gets shot? I will never forgive myself." Lucas was already getting up but Haley's hand stopped him.

"Luke, I can't let you go. Not without us."

Lucas shook his head profusely. He was not going to let them go into anymore danger than he had already taken them. "Sorry, But I have to do this on my own."

"You can't save her every time Luke." Nathan argued as he watched his brother move to the library door and pick up the bat that fell when Lucas was knocked out.

"Luke. I'm coming with you." Haley jumped up and jogged to where her best friend was.

Nathan preceded to get up and follow the two. They were the biggest idiots ever but he knew Lucas had to find Peyton.

The three continued to walk down the large hall as they heard hushed voices in front of them. "Shhhh." Lucas warned to the other two as he kept going towards the noise.

"Lucas…Don't" Haley begged, knowing this wasn't the best idea right about now.

He looked back at her with stern eyes. "Shhh! Hales or leave because I need to find her without being shot." He replied harshly.

A random cell phone went off in a backpack which made Haley and Nathan jump. Haley walked over to the noise and searched in the bag until she pulled out a silver flip phone.

"What are you doing?" Lucas asked quickly.

"Well, I left my phone in my backpack that I dropped in the hallway and Nathan's phone service got canceled last week and I thought we need some kind of communication device in case worst comes to worst." She concluded as she put the phone into silent mode.

"Good thinking Hales." Lucas nodded. He had left his phone at home this morning.

Helicopters sounded above them nosily as the voices they recently heard disappeared into the loud noise of the news crews.

"Call Peyton's cell." Lucas announced almost inaudibly. He knew he had a small chance of her picking up.

Haley quickly dialed the number while Nathan went to the front of the hallway to make sure the nobody was there.

"Come on Peyton. Pick up…" She mumbled to herself as the annoying dial tone rang for what seemed like hours.

Lucas looked so sad as he watched his best friend hope so bad for Peyton to pick up.

"I just got her voice mail Luke." She shut the phone and glanced over to Nathan who was walking back to them. He went and gave her a big bear hug.

"Where would Peyton be?" Lucas stated to himself. Suddenly Haley had an idea.

"Bathroom!" She exclaimed louder than she should have.

"SHHH!" Nathan and Lucas scolded. "What are you talking about?" Nathan asked.

"The bathroom, last year when she broke up with Nathan for good. I found her in the bathroom crying. She might be in the bathroom.

Lucas and Nathan nodded. They were going to try anything to find her.

But before they could walk to the closest bathroom to check, they heard a small patter of footsteps coming towards them. Lucas tightened his grip on the baseball bat and Nathan stood in front of Haley just incase anything bad was to happen.

"Lucas! Nathan! Haley! What happened in here?" Mouth spoke a little too quickly. Rachel followed close behind.

Lucas shoved his hand over Mouth's mouth to silence him.

"Whoa!" Mouth said. "What's wrong?"

"There's a psycho with a gun." Nathan informed him sternly. Rachel looked horrified.

Mouth's appearance looked shocked as his mouth dropped.

"A gun? Here?" He started rambling.

"Leave Mouth. Get out of here." Lucas demanded quickly. "It's not safe here. You too Rachel."

"Why are you guys still in here then?" He asked confused.

" I have to find Peyton… Something's bad going to happen. I just know it." Lucas stated as Mouth nodded knowingly.

Suddenly, another gun shot sounded as a piercing scream sounded throughout the hall.

"I'll stay with you guys." Mouth announced as he got moose bumps all over his body.

To Be Continued.