Images of that afternoon ran through her head. The sounds of gun shots, screaming and running around of people, and cries of names stuck in her mind. Blood sat on the school floor in the auditorium. Bodies lied on the floor near the puddle of blood.
Tears ran down her face as she sat next to her best friend who lied in the hospital bed. He was like an older brother to her. He was always there for her and helped her get through the tough times in life. She couldn't believe that he was here because of her and her stupid mistakes. She knew that if it wasn't for her, he would be out with his girlfriend having the best time of his life.
"Kaitlin?" she heard.
She looked up from the bed and saw Ava standing there with her nephew and friends who helped her put her best friend in the bed.
"Leave," she said standing up. "Leave!" she screamed as she tried to get passed Ava and to Bradin. Ava stopped Kaitlin by pulling her into her arms.
"It's okay," Ava said trying to calm Kaitlin down.
"NO!" Kaitlin yelled. "Nothing is okay! Because of him coming into my life, Sean is now lying in the hospital almost dead!" she yelled pointing to Bradin with tears running down her face.
"Kait, stop," Bradin said moving towards her.
"Don't come near me!" she yelled.
"Baby, I'm sorry," he said.
"Stop it! Don't call me that! Leave! You're not wanted here!"
Bradin felt tears forming in his eyes.
"I take back what I told you earlier," she said in a more calm voice.
"What?" he asked with confusion.
"I don't love you."
Bradin turned to leave when a nurse came into the room with Sean's girlfriend.
"Kaitlin," she said running up to her and throwing her arms around her.
"I'm sorry," Kaitlin sobbed.
"Stacey," Callie said walking up to her.
"Leave! Both of you deserve each other!" Stacey yelled to Callie referring to her and Bradin. "Tanner and Sarah deserve each other, too."
"Stacey," Callie said.
"No! You and Bradin leave!"
"But, it's Kaitlin's fault that Sean is here!" Callie yelled, "If she didn't go out with Bradin, Sean would be with you! he wouldn't have a bullet in his fucking back near his heart!"
"She didn't shoot him!" Stacey yelled back.
Kaitlin couldn't take this anymore and ran out of the room.
"Kaitlin!" Bradin yelled running after her. "Kait, stop!" Bradin caught up to her and grabbed her by the arm. "Talk to me," he said.
"Fuck off!" she screamed.
"What happened earlier?" he asked.
"You know god damn well what happened! You planned it!" she screamed.
"What are you talking about?" he asked with confusion. "I was sitting there watching the performance and next thing I know people were running out when they heard a gun shot."
"BULLSHIT!"
"Kaitlin stop!" he demanded.
"Leave me alone! Just leave me alone!"
A cop walked up to the two. "Kaitlin?" he asked.
The two teenagers looked and Kaitlin responded, "Yeah?"
"I'm Officer Zach. I need to talk to you about the incident at school," he said. "Why did the people who shot him do it?"
