Everything was finally going my way for once since I came to Degrassi. I actually had friends, friends who actually wanted to talk to me, and I had Grace. We weren't officially a couple or anything, we only kissed once, but it was the second day of school and I planned to talk to her about it.

"Hey you" Tristan linked arms with me as we walked up the stairs into the already buzzing school. The hall was crowded, but it felt nice, it felt like a good day. "You're in a good mood, what's up?"

"I just feel really happy for a change" I smiled at Tristan, and we walked up to Maya, who didn't seem to have caught my cheerful mood. "What's wrong?"

She looked around the hall, before turning and whispering to us "I think something's wrong. I mean, with Tiny's guys. It was all supposed to be over, but Zig told me something might go down soon." she sighed, and I could make out the dark bags of skin underneath her eyes. I was worried of course, but I was thankful for once that I had nothing to do with the drama. The bell rang and I touched Maya's shoulder, trying to comfort her, which was something I sucked at.

"Everything's going to be okay, don't worry so much" I said, trying to be positive.

"Yeah says you, you don't have to worry about it. It's not like you have someone important involved in all this" She sighed again, and walked along side me to Chemistry.

"That's true, but I care about Zig, I don't want him to get hurt" I answered, even though I knew I couldn't really understand what she was going through.

"Yeah whatever" was her response, before we took our seats in the back. I couldn't think of something to say back, so I turned towards the front, where Mrs. Wither was talking about protons and chemical something-or-others.

"Well that was dreadful" Tristan announced as we exited the class. I nodded in agreement as Maya shot by us, quickly making her way toward the rubber room hallway. I wanted to follow her to see if she was okay, and also to see a certain blue haired hacker, but I decided against it and instead followed Tristan. He was going on and on about some guy, but I couldn't concentrate on that when I had to think about what I was going to say to Grace. We hadn't spoken since I kissed her on the beach, and even though she kept making eye contact and smiling at me yesterday, that wasn't a hundred percent guarantee she felt the same, so I had to prepare.

We had seven minutes left until the next class, which I had with her, so I decided on a perfect plan. I'd go in, sit next to her like I did yesterday, but this time closer. I'd talk to her, and then at the end of class I'll pull her back into the class and ask her what she thought of the kiss. God, I was so nervous. If she didn't feel the same, my heart would break, which is something I would never admit to anyone, but she understood me, and if she didn't reciprocate my feelings, I don't know what I'd do.

Tristan bought a bag of chips to share, but I couldn't stomach them, not when my belly was doing flips waiting for the bell to ring. I just wanted to see her, see her smile at me like I actually meant something to her. Tristan munched on the chips, still talking about more drama he heard from so and so, but my eyes were fixated on the clock. One more minute until English...

I finally heard the glorious bell chime, and I quickly said bye to Tristan, who scoffed and said a faint 'whatever'. I got to English and sat in the back, next to her chair, and impatiently watched the other students rushing in, waiting for the unforgettable blue hair to came strutting in. Everyone took their seat, except the one next to me. The teacher walked in, and closed the door, but the blue hair never walked in. He did attendance, called her name, but she didn't answer. Maybe she was sick, or didn't wake up on time, but now I had to think about another time to talk to her.

That's when we heard it. Two shots rang through the school, people freaked. Everyone ducked, got under the desks. The teacher locked the door and closed the windows, told everyone to stay calm, to stay under the desks and to not make a noise. I reached in my pocket for my phone, but of course it wasn't there, new policy forbid me to have it. Maya was right, something was going down today.

About five minutes later we heard the sirens, they came screeching into the school's parking lot, and within the next minute an officer was over the P.A., telling us it was safe to come out. The teacher got us into some sort of line, but as soon as the door opened people rushed to the front entrance, all pushing to get out of the school. Everyone gathered into groups outside on the lawn, quickly talking about what was happening. There was one ambulance, three police cars, and a fire truck for some reason, and a lot of officers and teachers around, talking and guiding students. I looked through the crowds for someone I knew, until I spotted Tristan. I walked up to him, and he hugged me and started fanning himself off.

"I was scared shitless! I for sure thought I was a gonner" He exclaimed, looking around at the other people around us.

"Maya was right, something did go down"

"Definitely. Did anyone get hurt? Someone told me that they seen the two paramedics rush in with a gurney, and the rubber room hallway is overflowing with cops."

"You don't think Maya or Zig got hurt do you?" I looked around but couldn't see any of them "She did rush there after chemistry this morning"

Then the front doors burst open, a paramedic carrying the front of the gurney and the other on the back. Maya was alongside it, black tears rushing down her face from her mascara, and my mind instantly went to Zig. But then he was right behind, along with Tiny and two cops, and my eyes slowly went to the soul occupant of the gurney. There was a lot of people in front of it, and the officers were pushing people out of the way, so I couldn't see. I ran towards the ambulance, and that's when I saw blue. I couldn't breath, I couldn't process, I denied it. I rushed through, pushing and shoving until I was right behind Zig. She was already in the ambulance, a paramedic pushing a bloody bandage on her stomach, and Maya sitting on the white bench, holding Grace's hand. The doors quickly closed and the sirens broke the silence of the still group. I could feel my head getting dizzy, and I knew someone was yelling in my ear, but I couldn't comprehend what was happening, I couldn't get her closed eyes or the blood stain on her tore clothing out of my head. Someone put their arm around me, but my world went instantly black.