Days had gone by, and still Craig laid there in the hospital bed unconscious. There was no change to his condition, but doctors were amazed that he had managed to hold on this long, after the amount of blood he lost, and the fact that his body was very weak.

They allowed Emma to come in a wheelchair to come and see him through the glass. She wouldn't let it go until they agreed. As she looked at him, a tear rolled down her cheek. She still felt that a little of this was her fault. It should be her in there not him.

A familiar hand touched her shoulder almost scaring her half to death, "Emma, you know he has always had a special place for you in his heart," Joey said.

"What, what are you talking about?"

Joey came and knelt down beside her. "I remember after my wedding to his mother, he told me that he had met an Angel today. I asked him what he meant, and he said that you seemed so perfect, so beautiful."

"That's what he called me after I asked him why he did it. Yeah, but why do you say he hold a special place in my heart, just because he called me that?"

"Because I've seen the way he looks at you when you're over at our house, it's not the same way he looks at any other girl."

Craig began to stir in the hospital bed. "Emma, no...' he cried out, as his eye lids flickered.

The nurse in the room, that had been checking his vital, thought this was a good sign until his blood pressure began to rise, making other machines to start beeping. A doctor came rushing through the door to see what was causing it.

Emma and Joey were alarmed when they heard it, at first they thought that his heart had stopped. They stood outside the window watching the staff do their work, praying that they wouldn't lose him, that he would fight like they knew he could.

Degrassi student walked into school for the first time since the shooting. It felt weird to be back. They all felt a little uneasy being there, as if it wasn't over.

Hazel looked at the school, and then looked away. She stood there trying to fight back the tears, contemplating whether to go in or head back home. She had nothing really left there. Most of her friend were gone, at least the ones she was really close to.

After 10 mins of standing there, she finally decided that she would get it over with. Her feet felt so heavy, she tried to lift them to make her way up the concrete stairs but struggled a little. As she walked in, she felt a little bit of a creepy feeling, I mean what else would you feel when you know people had been killed here.

Toby didn't want to even show his face at school. Everyone knew they had been friends, and the last thing he wanted was to have other students hounding him about it. He felt bad already enough. He walked with his head hunched over, not looking at anyone.

J.T saw Toby from a far and ran to catch up with him. "How you doing?"

Turning around to look at him, "Horrible, I can't help but feel a little responsible about it. Like everyone hates me because I had befriended him."

Putting his hand on his shoulder, "Come on Toby, they don't think that. And even if they did, I don't. I'll always be your friend."

"How's Emma?" trying to change the subject.

"Well when I went to see her yesterday, she didn't really say much, she wouldn't even look at me. She kept repeating though that Craig getting shot was all her fault."

"Why would she say a thing like that?"

"Didn't you hear?"

"Hear what?" looking at him, shaking his head.

"Craig took a bullet for her."

His eyes widened, "What?"

"Yeah I heard Rick was mad at her for leading her on."

"I can't believe Craig did something like that. I mean after last year, I've always thought of him as a jerk, always thinking of himself only, not caring if anyone else got hurt."

"I guess he's not as bad after all."

Sean and Ellie walked hand in hand down the hall. Sean stopped all of a sudden when they came through the upper hall. He could still see the blood trail as if it was still fresh in his mind, seeing his friend, and his ex's blood on the ground, watching them as they were taken away on the stretcher; it was still fresh in his mind as if it was still that day.

Ellie notice the anguish in his eyes, and knew he could still see the images. She felt a little helpless. How do you help a person who has seen this? "Sean, are you alright?" she said standing right in front of him.

At first, he didn't even hear her, "Yeah!"

"Are you sure, because I want to help," looking at him with worried eyes.

He wasn't going to let her break him, no one was supposed to have that power, and he was tough. However, he couldn't take it any longer all of a sudden, he just broke down in her arms and cried, "Ellie it was so horrible. You should have seen the desperation in Emma's eyes to keep Craig alive. But there was just so...much blood...there."

"Yeah, but hasn't he survived," putting her hand on his cheek, and smiled trying to get him to look her in the eyes.

"Yes, but it doesn't mean he will live. I talked to Joey, and he said there's been no change."

As he looked up at her, "Sean, have a little faith that it will turn out alright."

Ashley sat in the music room where she and Craig had spent numerous days strumming on the guitar, singing. They may never have those days ever again if things don't get better for him.

She thought of what she had lost through this, a good friend, an ex boyfriend, and maybe even another one. When she had heard the news from her mom about it, the first thing she wanted to do was to hurt Rick herself for taking people she loved away.

Why had he done it she kept asking herself? She had a feeling why he shot Paige, Alex and Jay, probably because they had always harassed him, but why the rest? Tears rolled down her face as she tried to come up with an answer, but it was hopeless. The only one who could answer that was Rick.

"So how is Craig?" Joey said, looking so desperate for answers. He had already lost his wife; he wasn't going to lose his son. He knew it wasn't his real son, but in his heart, he was.

"The nurse said that he was crying out 'no, Emma'. After that is when his blood pressure went up. I've never seen anything like this; I think his mind is really worried about this girl. Do you know anyone by that name?"

"Yes, that's the girl he saved."

"Well he must be holding on for her. However, if he continues to see this image of her getting shot in his head, I'm not sure how long we will be able to keep him stable before we lose him."

"No, you can't," he plead, thinking that he couldn't let his son go.

"I really sorry, but until he wakes up I really don't know much we can do for him," he said noticing the anguish in Joey's eyes.

"I know you don't like none members in the ICU, but maybe if you let Emma come and see him, maybe she could help him."

"I'm going to allow it, but only because I think this might be our only hope of not losing him."

At the beginning of the first class, announcements came on.

"We all will never forget the great loss to our school. And I'm sure that they'll all be missed greatly," Liberty said. "But we must also pray for Craig Manning who is still in the hospital fighting for his life. In addition, Emma Nelson is said to fully recover. Now, Principal Raditch has something to say about that horrible day."

Goes to Principal Radditch, "We know it's been a hard time for us all, but now we must think of how we can prevent this from happening again. We need to stop the bullying that goes around our school, stand up for others. We should not hate one another, but love each other, and help each other if in need. If anyone just wants to talk about what has happened, the councilors are here anytime during school hours. We will be having a memorial next week for all the victims, if you would, like to help talk to Liberty about it."

Marco sat in the cafeteria alone, just staring at his uneaten food on his tray. He didn't even know why he had either bothered buying it he couldn't eat. Last night he and Dylan had gotten into a fight. He was only trying to help him through his sister's death, but Dylan wouldn't let him in. He just tried pushing him away.

He tried phoning Ellie to talk about it, but she said she couldn't really talk. She was having enough problems trying to help Sean. He felt so alone, that he had no one. Then he thought of Spinner, so he got up and went to look for him.

J.T was walking the halls remembering the many times he had admired how Manny looked so beautiful that day, or how she just had a smile that would light up the room. He still loved her though, even though she never loved him back. He wished that they had left the relationship on better terms

Now he would never get back what they lost. They had such a great friendship, that was now lost because of a psycho. He never figured out why he went after Manny in the first place, she never did him any wrong. J.T thought of her as the nicest girl around.

Kendra was heading out of the school; she couldn't stay there any longer. She hadn't slept much these last few nights. She just felt like her head was going to blow.

Marco couldn't find him anywhere, but he saw his sister Kendra. He ran up to her, "Kendra," he called.

Kendra turned around, "Yeah," looking so down. "What do you want?" she said with sadness in her voice.

"Have you seen your brother?" Tears began to form in her eyes; Marco noticed this, "What's the matter?"

"Gavin hasn't been home since the shooting. We don't know where he is," she cried.

Pulling her into his arms, "Oh Kendra I'm so sorry."

"I think he thinks it's all his fault, since he and those other people he was hanging out with were always bugging Rick."