Chapter 8 – Calm before the Storm

Suddenly everything flashed before me. The school. My parents. My enemies. Everything. I couldn't handle it anymore. I just broke down into tears.

I was just about ready to get up when I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Emma?"

"Jesse, you need to stop this," Emma said crying.

"I-I can't."

"Why can't you?"

"Think about it Emma. I held everyone here at gunpoint. Shot you, and I killed--" I hesitated for a moment, "I killed Spinner."

Emma couldn't even look at me. She would look at everyone around her from time to time, but wouldn't look at me.

Suddenly everything went quiet. It was like how everything gets calm before a storm. Without warning, the doors to the cafeteria burst open and about 20 police officers stormed into the room.

A/N. Yes, I realize this chapter is VERY short, but you'll see why later. *wink wink*