I led Julie out of the school. She was still in shock and shaking, holding her hands out in front of her as her fingers dripped Kim's blood on the floor leaving a trail behind us. I still can't believe what is happening right now. I love school. I used to love coming here, I used to feel safe coming here. But now Frank has changed my mind about it, because of him I am going to be haunted for the rest of my life to come to school.

I rubbed her arms to try warm her cold skin as she sobbed into my chest. "it's okay you are safe now" I tried to reassure her.
She stayed quiet.

Our school nurse rushed over to us and helped me to sit Julie down. "Julie are you hurt?"

Julie didn't reply.

"Julie is that your blood?" the nurse asked as she checked Julie over. "Julie you are covered in blood is any of it yours?"

I noticed that she didn't touch the blood that was on Julie. Maybe leaving that for evidence.

Julie shook her head.

"It's Kim's blood Julie said she was shot" I said. "Frank has truly lost it"

"Milton that was a stupid thing to did - wait where is Jack and Jerry?" our principal asked. He was angry. We did sneak into the school, disobeying his orders. Oh boy I am going to have detention when this is all over.

"inside." I replied "We found Julie by her locker having an asthma attack. We managed to give her inhaler and then I brought her out here. Jack and Jerry stayed to go help those in the library they are going to need help"

"Milton the police and an ambulance are on the way" he replied "What's going on?"

"Frank has lost his mind. He has got a gun and it is loaded with bullets. He has Kim and Donna trapped in there with other students."

The police and the ambulance arrived at the same time. I went to sit with Julie who the nurse had wrapped in blankets. She wasn't shaking any more but still held her fingers out in front of her. She kept her eyes on the blood which had now dried dark.

There was another gun shot. Julie flinched.

"Julie" I said softly

"it was bad Milton it was really bad" she said bursting into tears. She put her head on my shoulder. "Frank is not going to stop until Kim is dead"

I didn't say anything for a few moments. I needed the silence. I needed to think. But then I started to over think again. "Do you think...do you think he shot someone else in there?" I asked cautiously.

She didn't reply. She looked up at the library window that was shot before.

"Julie are you okay?" I asked.

I wish I was Jack. In these situations he knows how to act and what to say. Me? I make a mess of anything. I don't know how to make it better.

"My breathing is better, if that is what you mean?"

I nodded.

"They are still in there Milton, our best friends are still stuck in there with him and there is nothing we can do to help them. I am as good as I can be with my two best friends stuck in there and I don't even know if they are going to survive. Before I managed to run Kim looked so pale. She could die Milton and we have to stay here! We left them in there we should have gone with Jack and Jerry!"

"I know but I don't know what to say all we can do is wait" I kissed the top of her head. "They will be out soon. The police has gone in they'll get them out"

I was trying to calm us both down. But part of me doesn't believe it. I feel like I am breaking inside but I need to stay strong for Julie's sake. I need to believe it though. We both need to believe that our friends will be okay. That is the only thing which is helping Julie at the moment, we both still have hope. But Kim has been shot and Frank seems all too happy to demonstrate that the gun has got bullets inside it.

I didn't say anything else. What else was there to say? I would just be repeating what I have already said. I kept my eyes on the main door of the school waiting and willing for our friends to escape Frank's clutches.

The doors opened and Frank was dragged out of the school by the armed police. He looked like he had clearly lost it.

Julie hid her face against my chest "i don't want to see him ever again"

"None of you have heard the last from me!" Frank screamed before he was forced into the police car.

Everybody cheered as he was driven away to the police station.

"it's okay he's been taken away" I said to her. "He's not going to bother us again."

Julie lifted her head and looked at me, the hope back in her eyes "it's over finally. Hopefully they lock him up and throw away the key"

The school doors opened once again. A policeman was carrying Kim in a fireman's hold. Jack was limping as he and Donna supported each other coming out.

Our friends, they made it out alive. We survived Frank's frenzied attack.