Marley's POV
Ryder went back to get something form his locker and both Jake and I had gone ahead to the Choir room. We got there Mr. Shue was talking about Regionals and that Brittany's theory was wrong—or a false alarm.
I noticed that Ryder hadn't gotten back yet and wonder what was taking him so long. But then we all heard a gunshot and we froze.
Another and Mr. Shue was locking the doors and we were getting down on the floor, under the piano, and such. Anywhere away from the view in.
Another gunshot and we tried not to make a sound. I did—couldn't expect me or anyone else not to. They told me to be quiet and Jake wrapped his arms around me. We then we were told to let people know what was happening through social media—of course, don't let them know where we are or that we there because the shooter could be have smart phones.
Then something dawned on me. Ryder.
"Oh my god." I said, softly.
"Marley, shhh, we'll be okay." Jake assured me. First of all, how could he know that? There was a shooter in our school, how is any of this okay? And second of all, does he not realize that his best friend isn't in this room?
"No, Ryder isn't back." I whispered and that was when I saw him look around and now he remember the fact that Ryder had gone to his locker and now he has a better chance of getting killed. Then Kitty crawled over to where we were sitting. She was crying—I don't recall ever seeing her cry before.
"Where's Ryder?" She asked.
"We don't know." Jake said.
"He went to his locker—but he never made it back before—it went off." I told her.
"He's not the only one missing." Kitty said. "Brittany and Tina aren't here. And both Sam and Blaine are freaking out." It surprised me that she referred to them by their real names instead of an insult or two. This wasn't a good time for this. One thing I knew for sure was that Kitty and I had the same thought: is Ryder okay?
I couldn't stop thinking about him now—well I haven't stopped since Valentine's Day, but that isn't important. All I could think about was if Ryder was okay.
Then a fourth gunshot went off. Please let Ryder be okay. Please let Ryder be okay.
Then a fifth one went off. This couldn't be good.
Yeah, I know this is short, but I have to leave for Solo & Ensemble soon…so yeah. Quick update. Anyway we got to see a little bit of what was happening the Choir Room—not too much different than you would expect.
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