Brooke looked at Nathan she didn't know how to tell him about Haley. She knew that he would flip out when he knew that Haley was shot and that she had to leave her. Nathan looked at her with a puzzled face
"Brooke where is she? I know she was in here she said she going to be in the Tutor Center third period?" he said getting annoyed that she wasn't answering him
"Yah she was Nathan the shots went off and we grabbed eachother and slid into the tutor center with a bunch of kids. When we got in there we noticed Haley holding her side, I am sorry Nathan she was shot." Brooke said tearing up. "We all decided to pair up and try and get to the auditorium and go out the back door. Haley and me were partners I wouldn't leave her. I helped her because she couldn't walk that great she was losing a lot of blood Nate, and we got half way to the auditorium and she couldn't walk anymore she made me leave her in classroom 23 to go and get help" Brooke explained all to him
"She was shot! You just left her there Brooke?" he said completely confused
"I didn't want to but she made me I argued with her but she wouldn't even hear of it" Brooke said feeling so guilty all of a sudden but she knew it was what Haley wanted.
"Okay we need to go and get her now before …well we just need to go" he said walking down the hall. Lucas, Brooke, Nathan, Peyton, and Jake all followed him.
"You all should go and get out of this school I don't want anyone else to get hurt" he said before they went any further.
"No Haley is like a sister to me I want to go and you cant go by yourself. You guys are my family and I don't want anything to happen to you guys." Lucas said everyone else all agreed with them and the five of them all ventured out into the hall together to go and get Haley and then get out of the school. Little did any of them know that Jimmy Edwards was hiding behind the door of the AV Room and heard the entire thing.
"Oh Nathan, Haley isn't going anywhere. She should have been with me to begin with and I will have her" he said to himself not realizing that Haley was shot due to his gun. He slowly shut the door and began to take a different way to Room 23.
Haley lay on the floor with the sweatshirt pressed on her side. She was so tired and scared, she knew that she needed to try and stay awake. She was also afraid if she shut her eyes that she wouldn't open them again. She couldn't believe the situation she was in right now. Never would she have thought that Jimmy Edwards and some of his friends would bring a gun into school and start shooting. What was this world coming too that kids were shooting other kids these days? She was just so grateful that Nathan was not in the school it relieved her to know that he was safe outside. She just wishes she could tell him that she loved him one more time. She hated what had happened to them since she went on the tour and came back. The last month though she has finally felt like she was getting her husband back, and now she was probably going to die here alone. She started to drift off she couldn't stay awake anymore, then she heard a door slam from the hall and she jumped. "Oh my God" she yelled. She needed to move and hide god knew who that was. She slid herself and hid behind the teacher's desk. She felt herself praying to god at that moment.
Meanwhile Brooke, Nathan, and Lucas were running down the hall and up the stairs to the second floor where Haley was. Peyton and Jake were behind them making sure no one else was following them.
"Nate make a left" Brooke said "she is in the 3rd classroom on the right" They all ran to it and quitley opened the door. At first they didn't see anything, but then Nathan face dropped and his eyes widened in shock as well as Lucas and Brookes when they saw the amount of blood on the floor.
"Holy Shit!" Nathan said, "Where is she?" he said looking around the classroom but not moving. Haley who was sitting behind the teacher's desk opened her eyes when she heard that voice, she thought she was dreaming or maybe she was dead. Then she heard it again, it was Nathan.
"Nate I swear this is where I left her she promised she wouldn't leave" Brooke said panicking.
"Hales?" Nathan yelled. Haley's eyes widened when she heard him again he was here she wasn't dreaming.
"Over here" she said trying to move. Nathan ran over to her
"Thank God" he said hugging her when he saw her "Hey baby" he said to her giving her a kiss
"Oh my god Nathan" she said hugging him so tight she started crying so heard she couldn't breathe.
"Oh my god Hales we need to get you out of here" he said looking at how pale she was and that her entire right side of her body was covered with blood. He bent down and picked her up in his arms. "Nate I love you so much, and I am sorry" she said to him and kissed him on his lips. "I love you too and you have nothing to be sorry for we are getting out of here now" he said turning to Luke and Brooke they nodded in agreement knowing Haley didn't have much time at all. They all turned and Luke opened the door and was face to face Jimmy Edwards and his gun.
"I don't think anyone is going anywhere" he said with a smirk on his face