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An Anonymous Truth

"Lucas on that video when I said I lost my love I meant you, Jake wasn't the one you were. I knew I would never have you again but I couldn't live without you knowing some psycho killed you right before my eyes. So I love you Luc and always will. Be happy though Brooke made it and Haley will too she has to or all this was for nothing."

Lucas picked up Peyton and motioned for Nathan to grab Haley. They ran through the Tree Hill doors and were stopped by many policemen. Haley and Peyton were loaded into ambulances with Lucas and Nathan by their side. Marcus told them that Brooke and Mouth were already at the hospital and being taken care of.

Dear boy,

Sorry it has taken so long for me to write again well a couple weeks to be exact but I have been extremely busy.

Haley pulled her pen up she didn't want to lie but she knew couldn't mention how she was shot and at the hospital for check ups. She let the pen fall back on the paper and finished writing her letter.

You know busy with work and school and tutoring Nathan a little bit. So how have you been? I mean it's been a couple tragic weeks. I know you stated your character was in the in crowd so did you go to the funeral for Peyton that is? Or better yet did you go to Tim's funeral. I don't really blame him I mean I guess I should he hurt a lot of people but he was hurting. Obviously something else was going on with him. It doesn't give him the right though to shoot people and play games with their heads. I mean when I look at Brooke and Mouth I can't help but to cry. They had futures and he took them away. What they did was so heroic though. They saved some bodies life by putting their dreams aside. I only wish that in a situation like that I could have that same courage they did.

Well I got to go to ugh work yeah that's it work.

Always,

One broken person to another.

Nathan sighed as he dropped Haley's letter on the desk and picked up his own pen. He had just gotten back from his first tutoring session with Haley since her accident. All the sarcasm and happiness that had once emerged from her was now darker and had a sad tone to it. She blamed what happened to Peyton on herself and no matter how many people tried to convince her otherwise her heart was sunk and she was never going to get over it.

Dear broken girl,

I have been doing all right I mean it has been a very tragic couple weeks just like you said. Yes, I was at the funeral and it was extremely hard. Peyton had a big impact on my life. She was a great girl and didn't deserve what happened to her.

No, I was not present at Tim's funeral well with the rest of the crowd. I stood about 50 feet behind the group and watched them bury a boy who was once my friend. I don't blame him either surprisingly but what he did was wrong in everyway.

As you stated earlier Brooke and Mouth were very heroic. They had a lot going for them and gave it all up for Haley James. That girl deserved to be saved though. She is a great person and someone they would have all missed very much.

They weren't the only heroes though. There was also Lucas he was going to take that bullet for her. Then there was none other then Peyton Sawyer who took the bullet for us all. She truly saved Haley it was just so sad we had to lose her for it to happen.

Well write back soon.

Sincerely,

Moving on.

"Hales are you ready to go? Do you need help with anything?" Lucas yelled through the house."

Haley bit her lip as she threw the letter down with a tear in her eye. She didn't know that Luc was going to take the bullet and she didn't know that Peyton had jumped in front of it to save her. All she knew is Peyton was dead and it was her fault. Had she never had been so mean to Tim and nothing would have happened. She knew that wasn't true though she knew his wrath went to all of them not just her. She couldn't help but to think how Nathan had done everything to save her that he could. He had risked his life to come rescue her.

"Luc can we talk please?"

"Yeah sure thing Hales what's up?"

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry I lied and betrayed you. I'm sorry I didn't tell you about helping Nathan. I'm sorry she is gone. I'm sorry it wasn't me instead. I'm sorry for everything."

"Hales don't say that. What…what happened with Peyton it wasn't your fault. Don't be sorry about Nathan either. He saved you Hales if he didn't run back into that school you might all be gone right now. I don't regret anything. Yeah I loved Peyton she was a great friend but she took that bullet for a reason. Her dying was not your fault okay?"

"Okay. Thank you Lucas"

A single tear dripped from Haley's eye as she winced towards the letter one last time and headed for the car. Today would be her first day back at school. A couple days earlier she tried to tutor Nathan out on the docks but today would be her first day back in the place that now held her biggest fears. Where fear not only came alive but took someone back with it and it almost took her too. She knew she had to face her fear though. She knew she couldn't let it get the best of her. After all if she never went back then Peyton was gone for nothing and it was all a waste all the suffering and pain brought on to say her.

Okay guys as you noticed it is back to the Naley letters and thats how it will continue. There will be atleast one letter in the rest of the chapters. A couple more characters may be shown more often... Brooke, Lucas, the memory of Peyton, and possibly some Mouth to. Mainly through letters from Haley and Nathan reffering to them but also a little dialogue. There will be more one on one dialogue between Naley to at school and in tutoring. Maybe some more drama and tragedy but not to much tragedy and no more death. Hope you enjoyed. Sorry if this story is similar to others i draw a lot of inspiration from other stories t.v. shows and my own life. I'm not meaning to steal ideas though but if it is similar to other stories i apologize.