7:30 A.M
"Eli! You'll be late for school!"
I sat on my bed, gripping the heavy piece of metal in my hand. Was I really going to do this, I asked myself. Looking over the glory of the item in front of me, I was smirking because it was so easy to get it. Bullfrog goes hunting every winter, so it was easy to just snatch the item from his closet and hide it in my room.
"Eli, did you here me!" my mom yelled again.
"Yea, yea, I'm coming!" I yelled back at her. I stuffed the gun in my backpack and swung it around my back. Here I come.
7:35
My mom stopped her car when we reached Degrassi. She put the car in park and sighed.
"Eli, I'm worried about you." she started. "You seem distant lately."
I'm about to shoot my whole school, mom.
"I'm great, mom. I've been doing better now." I tried to reassure her.
Don't listen to me. I'm a liar. Take me home.
"Are you sure Eli?"
No
"Yes." I smiled at her and she stroked my cheek.
"Have a good day, Eli."
"Bye mom." I opened the door of the car, got out, and closed to shut. I hear my mom start the engine and she drove away. There's no backing out of this now.
Everything was the same at Degrassi. Students chatting it up at their lockers, doing homework before 1st period starts, and couples kissing and hugging. My face dropped when I saw Clare and Jake kissing each other. I still love Clare, and helping her and Jake was the worst mistake of my life.
Shaking my head, I walked to my locker and put in the combination. I opened my backpack, took out the gun, and put it in my pants pocket. I threw my book bag in there.
"Dude!" I heard somebody say.
I turned from my locker and saw Adam running to me. He had his notebook in one hand and a pen in the other.
"Eli, I need notes! Ms. Dawes is having a test today and I'm unprepared!." Adam said.
"It doesn't matter anymore." I told him.
"What do you mean 'It doesn't matter'? This test is worth 43% of our English grade!"
I looked Adam in the eyes. I felt sorry for him. He's going to lose everything today. Including me.
"Go home Adam." I said walking away from him.
"Eli-" Adam started, but I cut him off.
"Go home Adam!"
Adam was about to say something, but closed his mouth and ran out the front doors.
7:57
Three minutes 'till the first bell rings and I was ready. Ready for mass destruction. Opening the door to the boy's bathroom, I stopped in my tracks when I saw Jake standing at on of the sinks. He turned to me and smirked.
"Hey, Eli." Jake said.
I nodded my head and leaned against the wall. I put my hand in my pocket and gripped the handle of the gun.
"How are you and Clare?" I asked, pulling the gun out of my pocket, leaving it by my side.
"Never better. Clare and I are really happy now. Thanks to you." He turned from the sink to look at me, but he was looking at the barrel of the gun.
"Shall I call Clare and tell her you won't be home for dinner?"
Clare's P.O.V.
"Alli, he's so amazing to me!" I said closing my locker and putting my back to it. I stared dreamily to the ceiling. During the summer, Alli went behind my back and kissed my boyfriend, Jake. After she explained why she did it, I forgave her. She was heart broken and I understand that.
"So, you're over Eli?" Alli asked.
"I still have feelings for him. You can't forget your first love."
"Where's Jake anyway? We're going to be late for first period."
BANG!
Everything fell silent in the hall. Everybody stopped what they were doing. You can even here a pin drop.
The door to the boy's bathroom flew open as Eli walked out.
"HE'S GOT A GUN!" somebody screamed.
Eli started shooting in random directions. Bullets going every where. A bullet hit a boy in the shoulder, another one, another one, and another run. Students started running from the direction Eli was standing. He was shooting the crowd of students.
"CLARE, RUN!" Alli screamed, pushing me.
Imogen's P.O.V.
"Fiona, stop it!" I giggled, stopping Fiona from kissing me. "The bell just rang, we are late because of you."
"Five more minutes!" Fiona begged.
"I'm late." I stuck my tongue out are her.
A guy, a senior, cam running down the hall tripping over his own to feet.
"A GUN! SOMEBODY HAS A GUN!" He screamed at us and kept on running, until he turned the corner.
Fiona looked at me in panic, as she grabbed my hand and we ran after the guy.
Adam's P.O.V.
I wonder why Eli told me to go home, I though as I opened a soda from my refrigerator. I was about to take a sip when my phone ranged.
"Hello?" I said, setting my soda down on the counter.
"Adam…" I heard somebody whisper.
"Drew?" I asked.
"Adam…call the police."
"Call the police? Why are you whispering?"
"I'm hiding in my locker. There's somebody in the school with a gun. He's already shot 5 people."
Eli
"Drew, I'm coming." I grabbed my jacket.
"No! Adam just call the police. I'll be fine."
"Drew, the gunman might be Eli. I might be able to stop him."
"Adam-"
I heard the locker being opened and Drew's scream.
"PLEASE NO!" Drew begged. I listened in horror as I heard a BANG!
I dialed 9-1-1.