AN: Obviously, It's been inspired by "With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept" so there might be some similarities, but I'll try to keep them to a minimum.

This chapter is for evershort thanks so much for the review, it made me want to write the update.

Normal day

It was a normal day, like any other. Mary had gotten up, got dressed, did her chores and met Tami to go to school.

"Yet another day at 'Hell High.'" Mary groaned as her and her best friend, Tami, entered the school.

"Well here's something to make the day better." Tami smiled as she saw Dustin and Joey ahead of them.

"Hey!" They both walked over and Joey placed a soft kiss on Mary's lips.

"You're right, Tami, the day just got better." Mary smiled as they walked to their lockers, her hand locked in Joey's.

"Something ugly this way comes." Mary could hear Brit say and Bree laugh as they walked towards the lockers that were next to her step sisters.

"You think we're the ugly ones?" Tami retorted, obviously being her normal self. She neared to them in a threatening manner.

"Tami, calm down." Dustin tried to hold her back.

"No. I am sick of seeing them everyday here and watching them make Mary's life hell!" She exclaimed.

"Well you don't have to watch us make her life hell today. You can watch it as we already did." She smiled. Everyone just looked at her as if she was nuts. "See you at home Mary. I'm sure the dance field trip will be fab without you." She evilly grinned as Bree laughed again and they walked off.

"Wait. The what?" Joey looked entriegued at Mary.

Sighing, Mary tried to shake it off, "It doesn't matter."

"No. What was she on about?"

"There is a field trip for all the students that do great in dance. Something to go see some choreographer or something." Mary tried to give them as little detail as possible.

"So why aren't you there?"

"Dominique refused to pay the money for me to go."

"Why didn't you tell me? I could have paid." Joey tried to smile at her, not letting his boiling anger show.

"No. It's okay." Mary desperately tried to think of a way to change the subject, but her train of thoughts were cut off as a there was a hoard of laughter from the whole hallway.

Everyone looked over to where there was a boy, who was face down on the floor, he'd obviously fell. All the contents of his bag had fell and spread across the floor. "Watch where you're going fat-ass!" Someone exclaimed as more laughter filled the hall.

Once the laughter had died down a bit, the boy started to gather his things, carefully placing them one by one in his bag and adjusting something else with each item he put back in.

The lesson bell rang and Tami, Dusin and Joey were all waiting on Mary. Their backs where turned to the boy as they faced in the direction of their first class. As quick as she could, Mary tried to stuff the last of her books in her bag and she slammed her locker. Looking in the opposite direction from her friends, she saw everyone else doing the same. Her face fell, her bag dropped. She saw the boy holding up a gun and pointing it in the direction she'd walked off in. She backed and walked into Joey for support. "Oh my..."

"Mary?" Joey, Tami and Dustin looked around, their faces falling as well as they saw the boy. They fastly tried to scramble away, but it was too late. A gun shot rang through their ears as it shattered the glass on the door at the end of the hallway. He looked terrified as he watched the glass break.

Screams could be heard, everyone dropped their things and ran as fast as they could.

"Code red. Code red. This is not a drill. Please go to a designated lock down area." The principle's voice came through the intercom. Looking back in the direction of the boy, they found him to have ran as well.

As fast as they could, The three friends ran into an english classroom where there was also 4 other people. They didn't look at them. They were to distrought to think at the second. "Here." Joey craddled Mary as they sat on the floor against the wall in a line. "We'll be fine."

The door flew open and in came an English teacher, "Okay. Everyone, the corridor is clear. Make a single file and leave." She instructed as everyone stood up and headed for the door.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." They all looked around to see the boy pointing a gun at them. "Get back in here!" he practically screamed as everyone slowly edged back into the classroom. All except Joey and Mary.

"I ain't staying in here with you!" Joey exclaimed.

"Who's the one with a gun?" Connor propositioned him. "I think you are in no position to be thinking right this second."

Joey tried to make a break for it, running as fast as he could while carrying a hysterical Mary.

Gasps could be heard as the gun went off. Everyone screamed and huddled further into the wall and each other.

"Mary?" Joey looked down and found Mary weak in his arms. "Mary!" He shook her.