Up Against The Wall

I have broken a promise which has in a way broken myself. I have let you all down as readers and have made a fool of the name of 'frequent updates.' I can only seem to apologise and allow you all to virtually slap me with your fish. In return, I give you a new chapter which you have all been waiting for.

Wow, kind of dramatic isn't it?

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"Where is she?" She asked quickly as she ran towards the doctor. Her hands were at her chest, barely holding together her bruised heart. Blisters were forming from her heels and her long, brunette hair was dampened by the light rain outside. She was usually the one for looks, but she didn't even glance at her reflection in the glass doors of the hospital when entering.

The doctor gave her a look. "Who are you?"

"Quinn James, sister of Haley. You called me before..." Said Quinn in her broken voice. The doctor's face clicked as he remembered the conversation they had before on the phone.

"Ah, yes. Miss James, about your sister," he started, but paused. Her heart-rate quickened. "I think you should come with me." The doctor took her into a door which lead to the emergency room. Her breath hitched as she glanced upon the people there. Some were pale, some were bleeding. Some weren't even conscious. She looked around for Haley, but there was no sign of her sister.

"I have a few question to ask you before we continue into Haley's room." The doctor announced, stopping in his tracks to face her. She copied his movements and looked at him sternly. "Where are your parents at the moment, Miss James?"

"Um..." Quinn thought for a moment. "Probably in California. They are usually there a lot to visit our aunts. Couldn't you get in contact with them?"

He shook his head in 'no'. "I haven't been told anything by the police yet-"

"Police?" She questioned uneasily. "What do you mean police!? What the hell happened to my sister, doc?"

"Quinn, was your sister ever a victim of abuse as a child?"

She nearly choked on her own spit. She coughed a few times before answering. "Haley, abuse? No way! Everyone loved her as a child. And as for my parents, they were hardly there to give her a kiss goodnight."

Jimmy and Lydia James weren't known around Tree Hill a lot. But they were known around the world for their record company 'Carolina Records.'

"Any friends, boyfriends who have a history?"

She thought for a moment. "No. I mean, Lucas is a little broody at times. I haven't seen him in a few years. I think she said something about a boyfriend last time we were on the phone..."

He nods softly and looks down at his notepad. "Haley was suffered from two broken ribs, which caused her right lung to collapse. While we were prepping her for surgery, we noticed she was wearing a lot of make-up and when we took that off we also revealed some old bruises... similar bruises we're found nearly all over her body, but it was hard to tell them apart from the new ones..."

He looked up from his notepad and noticed Quinn wasn't concentrating on him, and was concentrating of something behind him. When he turned, he realised Haley was behind them.

"I should have been there..." Said Quinn after a moment, her voice surprisingly strong.

"Well, it's a good thing Mr. Scott was. He got there just in time before Kaylob could of done anything else to her."

"Lucas saved her?" Quinn questioned. "Who is Kaylob?"

"I don't have much information about Mr. Connors, but it was in fact Nathan Scott who saved your sister's life. I heard he is somewhere in the building waiting, actually."

She looks at her sister and can't help but smile. She could have been much worse. "Thank you doctor, I can handle it from here I think." He nods and proceeds in a different direction, leaving her in the small cubicle which it's only privacy is a small drape curtain. She takes a seat beside her sister and squeezes the hand tight.

I should have been there. I should of never left. My sister needs me.

But what was she going to do now? She lived in Charlotte with her boyfriend Dean, currently attending the university there to become an artist. Quinn laid her head against the bed for a few minutes to clear her mind, before being interrupted by coming footsteps. Flashes of people who the footsteps could belong to raced through her mind. Karen, Lucas, her parents even, then Kaylob. She'd never met Kaylob, except in her mind he wore a black ski-mask over his head with his fists raised in the air.

"Who are you?" She asked from the hospital bed, kind of rudely and straight-forward.

His mouth opened momentarily before actually speaking a word. "Nathan."

She got up and looked him up and down. His clothes were torn, his eyes were plagued with tiredness, and his knuckles were bruised and battered. When he closed his eyes, she almost thought he had gone to sleep but when he took a deep, calming breath she immediately placed herself in his arms and hugged him tight.

"Thank you so much." She said quietly into his t-shirt. "You saved my sister's life."

"You heard about that, huh?" He joked half-heatedly. She nodded into his t-shirt. "I'd do anything for Haley..." She heard him whisper, and she took a couple of steps back.

"Do you love her?" She said straight forward. Nathan was taken back a little bit, but straightened his posture.

"Yes." He said quietly. "I mean, I think so. I've only known her for a short time... I never knew falling in love was so easy."

Quinn nudged her head in the direction of Haley. "You think that's easy?"

His eyes widened. "No, I mean, No!-"

"Don't worry, Scott." She said, shooting him a reassuring smile. "I know what you mean. Us James' are irresistible."

He let out a low chuckle and his eyes glazed over Haley's body.

"Did she just-" He stopped and took a place by her side. "I swear, she just moved."

Quinn shook her head gratefully and stood at the other side. "She better have or I'm going to have to wake her up myself."

They both looked at her deeply, and noticed her head twitch her change places, a worried look now on her face.

Quinn was the first to talk. "Is she having a – a nightmare?"

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"Get away from me!" Haley screamed as she increased her pace away from Kaylob as he too fastened his steps.

"He's not going to have you, Hales! I'm going to have you!" He shouts back, pouncing angrily on her back, causing her to fall to the ground with him on top of her. She turns around to face him, holding her head to stop it bleeding. "He's not going to have you." He repeated, this time ripping off her t-shirt.

She let out a shrilling scream as he then started to take off her jeans.

"Haley! Haley, calm down!" Her breathing was fast and un-steady as she looked around the room she was in. Nathan was at her side, holding her arm as it shook violently. "Haley, are you okay?"

She turned her head and almost gaped. "Q-Quinn?"

Quinn shrugged and tightened her grip. "The one and only." Haley ripped her grip from Nathan's and used her remaining strength to wrap her hands around her big sister and give her a warm embrace – no matter how cold and depressed she was feeling.

"I missed you."

Quinn smiled a sad smiled and looked over Haley's shoulder to look at Nathan, who was feeling slightly awkward at the moment. "I missed you too, buddy."

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Meanwhile on the other side of town, stood a angry and hurt man seeking revenge. If he couldn't have her, no one could.

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dum dum... DUMMMMMMMMMMM. Perhaps some foreshadowing there? No, not at all. Okay, well in explanation for this long update; Monique's an ass. LOL joking. She's awesome. Infact, she's the co-author of my novel I'm working on which shall become a potential bestseller. I'll keep you posted ; ]

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