Murray and Burton's characters were written off the hit CW teen drama series after season 6 in 2009 — and Bush and Lenz claim there was "personal beef" involvedSophia Bush and Bethany Joy Lenz say they wish their costars Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton's time on One Tree Hill could have ended a different way — and they claim that "personal beef" was the reason for their exit.

One Tree Hill fans were heartbroken (and a little bit confused) when season 6 ended and Peyton (Hilarie Burton) and Lucas (Chad Michael Murray) left without a trace. It had been a season of danger, life-threatening situations,

Sophia Bush and Bethany Joy Lenz are not fans of how Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton Morgan’s One Tree Hill characters disappeared from the series following their exit. “Katie says, ‘I wish we could have seen Haley reading a letter from Lucas just to hear what was going on in their lives.