"Oh, my GOD EMMA, are you okay" Mom said as she was running into Snakes office.
"MOM" I said crying. "He pointed the gun right at me, and then Sean killed him. I almost died. I was thinking about you. I didn't want to die, I'm too young to die"
Just then, Mr. Raddich came in the door. Him and Snake started yelling about something, but I wasn't listening. I was in my mothers arms, and I know now that Everything is all right, and that I will not die. But I just can't get that image of looking down the barrel of that gun.
"Honey, Let's go home now. I want to take you home"
"Yes, mom"
On our way home, I was looking out the car window, then all of a sudden that Aerosmith song "Janie's got a gun" came on the radio. My mom automatically changed the station.
"THIS JUST IN, WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT A SHOOTING AT DEGRASSI CENTRAL SCHOOL. AT LEAST ON STUDENT BELIEVED TO BE JIMMY…"
"Oh my god, Jimmy" I said, interrupting the lady on the radio before she could even finish saying Jimmy's name. "Jimmy, but Jimmy was nice to Rick, what would make him want to shoot him."
"Well, was Jimmy nice to Rick before the competition?"
"No, he hated him too"
"Well, killers don't make sense."
We pulled up in the driveway and we went inside.
"I hope you don't mind, but I told Toby, Ashley, and her Mom that they could come over, it looks like they are inside already"
"Hello everybody"
I saw Toby, still in his Step-mom's arms. He was one of Ricks only friends, and seeing him try to shoot us probably traumatized him, just like looking down the barrel of that gun did the same to me.
Everyone sat down on the couch and was watching TV.
"THE SHOOTING AT DEGRASSI LEAVES ONE IN CRITICAL CONDITION, AND ONE DEAD, THE ONE DEAD IS BELIEVED TO BE THE ONE THAT BROUGHT THE GUN TO SCHOOL. HIS NAME IS NOT BEING RELEASED AT THIS TIME"
"God, why would someone want to shoot Jimmy"
"People have mysterious ways" her mother said.
"NO, Rick was just a FREAK, he beat up Terri, and put her in a coma"
As Ashley was talking, Toby got up and slammed the front door, leaving.
"He was Rick's friend" I said.
I got up and went out the door to, in search of Toby.