*Sorry for the long wait for an update...I'll try to get a new chapter soon.

~Scared for Your Life~

After hearing Sgt. Micheals say "We have to get those kids out fast!", the family became really scared. When they walked back over to the kids, there were tears in their eyes. Matt, Mary, and Lucy noticed this and realized that this situation was getting out of hand. Their sweet, innocent brother was inside with a kid who had a gun. He had to be terrified. To say that Simon was terrified was a huge understatement. He was near being in shock.

It had now been over an hour since this ordeal had begun. All the families were close together offering words of hope that everything will turn out alright. Ruthie fell asleep a while ago and Lucy was sitting next to her staring into space. All kinds of horrible thoughts were running through her head. "Will Simon be alright?" She kept thinking. She was really scared, scared for the kids inside, but especially scared for her little brother.

As another 45 minutes went by, the situation was growing even more out of hand. Inside, Johnny was growing more angry. "I'm not going to jail!" He kept yelling to the officers standing outside the classroom. He would tighten his grip on Simon every time he said this. Eventually he would go on a shooting spree and just start shooting at everyone in the classroom. That's how they always were, but they were hoping this case would be different. They were hoping to talk this kid into letting everyone go, but it was turning worse every minute. This kid was starting to point the gun more often at Simon then at anyone else. Simon was pleading saying that " I won't go near Deena anymore! Please let me go, please!"

Deena, on the other hand, was shouting "I'll be your girlfriend again, but please don't hurt him!". Johnny would not listen and his grip got tighter. Someone from the outside started trying to get in the door, but Johnny heard them and threatened to shoot. The officers stopped. They didn't want anyone hurt so they needed to come up with a different plan.

While the negotiating continued inside the school, the prayers and words of hope continued outside. The Camdens' were getting more worried every second. They had heard someone whisper that the kid was holding Simon with the gun pointed right at him. They couldn't bear thinking that their 12-year-old son was inside with a mentally unstable kid holding a pistol. At that point, things inside took a turn for the worse.