Ch. 12 – and you wonder…

-Doctor-

As soon as Adrian left the office I grabbed my phone to call the police, River, and Dave. I was desperate, what have this man done to Clara already? She could be already dead. I probably said that out loud because Danny shook his head.

"I don't think so, he wants her alive." I truly hopped he was right, my Clara had to be alright. Danny led us out of the room and started to look into the school maps, they were there somewhere, we would find them.

-Clara-

"Are you insane Adrian? I thought we were friends!" I cried out and Adrian just laughed.

"Oh my dear Clara, we are, but I want to be more, I've always wanted to be more since the first time I landed my eyes on you. Of course, you had to be dating that disgusting old man who was blinding you and not letting you see how perfect we are for each other. I know you love me Clara, you even fought with that stupid ex-boyfriend of yours because of me. You're just confused." Oh my, he was insane and now I could finally see it, at last I wasn't confused at all. I had no idea what to do though.

"Where are my clothes?" Adrian smiled, I was so creeped out by him.

"You don't need clothes, not for what I want to do with you." I felt silent tears running on my face, but I couldn't show weakness, not right now, not ever. He started to open his fly and I closed my eyes. "Look at me Clara Oswald!" he ordered, I didn't, so he came near me and pulled on my hair. "Look at me when I'm talking to you, you whore." When I opened my eyes I saw his hard dick in front of my face. "So? What do you think of a young dick? My balls won't hit your asshole while I fuck you." I gagged, I couldn't believe in what I was hearing. I was about to get raped, and there I was tied up.

"Please Adrian, don't." I begged and he laughed louder. He held my face and made me open my mouth, I closed my eyes, I knew what was coming.

-Doctor-

River, Dave and Linda arrived, but there was no sign of the police, Danny told all the teachers what was going on and they evacuated the students safely.

"Why haven't you told me about this stalker before?" Dave raged on me and River came between us.

"Clara didn't want him to, and this is no time for silly fights, we need to find Clara." River said and for the first time in forever Dave and I agreed on something. Linda was weirdly nervous about the entire situation, maybe, just maybe, she cared about Clara.

We ran to school basement, but there was no sign of them, we had no idea where else to look. Then Danny had an idea.

"The library." I rolled my eyes.

"But we already looked there." Danny shook his head.

"The library has a secret passage that connects it to the staff room, they could be there. It's the only place we haven't checked yet." We went there running. My heart was racing just at the thought of what that maniac could have done to my Clara. My fierce yet sweet Clara.

Arriving at the passage door we could hear crying, I got desperate, but Danny stopped me.

"We have no idea what he's doing inside it, we need to arrive silently or he could shoot Clara out of reflex. I was a soldier once, trust me." We all nodded and let Danny work on the thick wood door. Clara's cries were killing me though. Finally Danny opened the door slowly and we saw a naked tied up Clara being forced to give Adrian a blow job, my hands clenched in fists and I took a deep breath. Adrian's back was to us but we could see the gun in his hand, we needed to be extra careful. Suddenly Clara opened her eyes and saw me, our eyes locked and Adrian noticed something, so he got out of Clara's mouth and pointed the gun to her head.

"Not one step or she dies." He yelled, and we froze on our spot. I looked at Danny and for the first time that day he looked like he had no idea what to do.

"Adrian, please, don't hurt her. You want her, don't you? She can't be yours if she's dead." Danny argued.

"If she can't be mine, she won't be anyone else's. Plus I feel like shooting someone today, that headmaster was no fun at all." Danny got mute.

"Shoot me instead." I said and Clara's eyes widened even more. "I'm old, I won't be missing much, but Clara's young, she still has her whole life ahead of her." He took a step forward in my direction and Clara yelled.

"NOOO! Please, don't do it. I'll do anything you want, just don't hurt him. Please?" she begged, but he ignored her. Suddenly Linda stepped closer to me.

"Drop this gun Adrian, right now." She ordered and we all looked confused.

"I won't obey you aunt Linda, I'm doing what you asked me to do." Okay, now I was lost.

"What?" Dave turned to Linda shocked.

"No! I didn't ask him to do this to her, I only asked him to break Clara and John up like you wanted to. I had no idea he was a psychopath, I never meant to hurt Clara." Linda confessed to Dave who looked like he was about to pass out. Adrian was still pointing his gun to me, his hands were trembling, he was going to shoot me and I knew it.

I just heard two loud gunshots and felt Danny pushing me to the floor. I felt an excruciating pain. I saw Adrian fall dead on the floor beside me. I heard Clara screaming my name.

-Clara-

I closed my eyes the moment Adrian shot John, but then I saw the police come in and shoot Adrian in the head. I was still tied up, so all I could do was screaming. Danny jumped in front of John, I really hope he saved him. My dad came to me and untied me, covering me with his coat. I ran to John, that was still on the floor and I could see blood. I kneeled beside him and held his hand.

"Are you alright?" he smiled that sweet smile.

"I am angel, he shot my shoulder, it hurts but it's not deadly." He turned his head and looked at Danny. "Thank you." Danny smiled at him and saluted.

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Three days later and I was finally home with John. He had gone through a small procedure to remove the bullet from his shoulder, but he was fine. Thank God he was fine. I, on the other hand, couldn't think about the possibility of going back to Coal Hill, I knew Adrian was dead but still I needed a big change in my life to carry on after all this mess. At least now, dad and John were on good terms again.

John was sitting on the couch watching TV when I joined him and lie down resting my head on his lap.

"How are you, my hero?" he chuckled running his hand on my hair.

"I'm fine, my angel." I could see something was troubling his thoughts.

"So what's the matter?" he blushed.

"Clara, don't you want to move to Glasgow? I think it'd make you feel better." That got me by surprise, but it was indeed a great idea.

"You know what? I do. Can you help me find a flat and a job there?" he smiled but blushed again.

"I meant to live with me there in Glasgow, you saw for yourself how big my house is." I smiled, he was so adorably awkward.

"Are you proposing? Because if you are, the answer is yes." He smiled and leaned down to kiss me.

"Well, now that you already said yes, it would be really mean if I wasn't proposing before." We both laughed and I sat down cuddling by his side. Yeah, we would be okay, in the we will always be okay.

You stop and say hey to a stranger

And where will it lead, who can know?

But you learn how to love the not knowing

So here I go

Here I go

Here I go

You choose and then everything changes

Take a breath and then fly off the cliff

And you know that there's no turning back

No turning back

No turning back

And you wonder what if?

What if?

(If/Then – Musical)

The end.

Thank you for everything.

I hope you liked it.