Oh hey look, I started another fanfiction! xD

Sorry, but I couldn't help it! I was re-watching "Feud", "Shooting Star", and "Light's Out" again, and I got this idea in my head _

So...Hopefully, I won't delay this as much as I've delayed updating my other fics...

Anyway!

Disclaimer: I do not own Glee.


01: The Unthinkable


Panic.

That's the first thing that I felt after hearing the first shot. Then the second shot went off.

Panic. Fear...

I felt myself being shoved around as the students around me started to panic. I looked above the crowd to see the choir room doors slam shut as the hallway emptied. I ran to the door and tried to open the door. It was locked.

I heard footsteps and silently gasped. I ran to the other side and those doors were locked as well.

The footsteps stopped and I turned to see a man, with short, spiky black hair and wearing a full black outfit standing at the end of the hallway, a pistol in his hand. I felt my breath catch in my throat as he raised the pistol.

Just as he pulled the trigger, I ducked and the bullet whizzed past my head.

I spun around and took off down the hallway and started running. I heard the man start walking; calm, rushed footsteps.

I ran into the girls' locker room. I heard the shower that someone had left running and ran past it into one of the toilet stalls. I stood on the toilet seat and crouched down, hugging myself. After a few quiet moments, I pulled out my cell phone, and sent a text to my brother.

"Shooter in school. Hiding. Don't know what'll happen. I love you."

I was about to put my cell phone away, when it started vibrating. I looked at the screen and felt my eyes grow wide as I looked at the caller ID.

Ryder.


Ryder listened to the phone ring and he squeezed his eyes shut. "Come on...please pick up..." he whispered.

"H-Hello...?" a shaky voice answered.

Ryder felt relief wash over him. "Katie? Are you alright?" he asked in a hushed voice. "I-I...I don't know..." the girl replied, her voice creacking. "Where are you?" Ryder asked. "T-The...the girls' locker room..."

"I...I tried to get into the choir room, but the doors were locked...and...and the shooter he...he saw me. He tried to..." her voice broke and Ryder heard her quietly sobbing. "He tried to shoot me. The bullet...I ducked as he shot at me. I...don't know if he followed me or not."

"Are you...are you safe?" Ryder asked, his hand tangled in his bangs. "I...I think so...for now, anyway." The girl whispered. Ryder heard her lightly sniffling. "Hey...I want you to know something." He whispered. "W-What?"

"I don't hate you. After what happened." Ryder whispered. He heard the girl sniffle. "I...I want to meet you. Be your friend, maybe even something more. I...I think that...I might have feelings for you." Ryder whispered. "But...you don't even know my real name." the girl replied. "Then tell me. We can start there."

"It's...it's...my name's Hayden." the girl whispered. Ryder felt tears in his eyes as he smiled. "Thank you...Hayden."


I wiped my eyes again. "Ryder...can you do me a favor?" I whispered. "What is it?" he asked. "Do you...do you remember the song that I sent you last week? The Secondhand Serenade song?" I asked. "Yeah...what about it?" Ryder asked. I swallowed. "Can...can you sing it?" I whispered. "You can just whisper the words, I just really need to hear this song right now Ryder." I said, feeling my eyes prick with more tears.

There was a few moments of silence. I was about to say something, when I heard Ryder's voice come through the phone, singing quietly.

"Slow down, the world isn't watching us break down
It's safe to say we are alone now, we're alone now
Not a whisper, the only noise is the receiver
I'm counting the seconds until you break the silence
So please just break the silence..."

I sniffled, wiping my nose and leaned my head back against the wall as I listened to Ryder's quiet singing.

"The whispers turn to shouting
The shouting turns to tears
Your tears turn into laughter
And it takes away our fears."

I heard him take a breath and I started quietly singing along with him.

"So you see, this world doesn't matter to me
I'll give up all I had just to breathe
The same air as you till the day that I die
I can't take my eyes off of you..."

I thought that I heard footsteps in the room. "Ryder...please...no matter what. Please keep singing the song."


Ryder felt tears in his eyes as he kept singing the song. He didn't know why Hayden said that, but he would keep singing for her.

"And I'm longing, for words to describe how I'm feeling
I'm feeling inspired
My world just flip turned upside down
It turns around, say what's that sound
It's my heart beat, it's getting much louder
My heart beat, is stronger than ever
I'm feeling so alive, I'm feeling so alive..."


I stood on the toilet, keeping my phone pressed against my ear. I peeked over the stall, and saw a spiky head. I quickly crouched down on the toilet and covered my mouth with my hand.

"I'm finally waking up, a twist in my story
It's time I open up, and let your love right through me..."

I heard one of the shower heads stop running and the footsteps get closer. I felt my body start shaking in fear.

"I'm finally waking up, a twist in my story
It's time I open up, and let your love right through me..."

I heard the footsteps stop, as Ryder finished the part of the song he was singing.

"That's what you get
When you see your life in someone else's eyes
That's what you get, that's what you get..."

I swallowed. "Thank you Ryder..." I whispered. "H-Hayden?" Ryder whispered. I smiled, even though he couldn't see me. "I...you've actually helped me through a lot recently. I've...told you way more than I've even told my foster parents." I whispered. "Hayden...what are..." Ryder started. "I might...not make it out of this locker room."

"Hayden, don't say that. Please don't say that." Ryder said, his voice cracking. "Ryder...I want you to know something. I want that stuff too."

The footsteps started again.

"I want to meet you."

Step.

"I want to laugh at something stupid with you."

Step.

"I want to be your friend."

Step.

"And...I might even want to be something more."

The footsteps stopped and I heard Ryder lightly crying.

"I have feelings for you too, Ryder."


Ryder felt tears streaming down his face. He heard Hayden quietly sobbing as she spoke to him. "Please...if anything happens..."

The line went dead.

"...Hayden...?

Ryder felt his heart sink.

"Hayden?"

"Ryder, what's wrong?" Marley whispered. Ryder started shaking as he stared at his phone. "Hayden?!"

"Ryder, calm down!" Jake whispered. Ryder looked at him, and was about to reply, but was silenced, when he heard a gunshot go off.

"No!" Ryder cried into his hands. He buried his face in his hands as he felt Marley and Jake pull him into a hug.