"What did you do?" KC asked

"What could I do K?" Clare said "Carson had a gun. I was scared. Dave was scared. Eli was right there. Fearless." Clare played with her sheets. "Like this was a game."
…...

"What are you gonna gain by carrying a gun in here?" Eli asked Carson.

"That punk KC, ruined my life." Carson said "Once he finds out I am holding his little friends hostage, he will come running to be the hero he wants to be." Carson smirked a creepy smile.

"What will that solve?" Eli said

"Eli shut up."Clare said, pleading him

"Yeah, listen to your pretty girlfriend." Carson said. Eli was about o confront Carson but Clare grabbed his arm. And he saw the fear in her eyes. He sat down next to Clare, putting his arm around her, as if protecting her.

…...

"I just called the police."Simpson, looking around and saw Jenna sitting there. "Go to a classroom." he said "You will be safe." Jenna nodded. She walked past and saw KC and Adam in a class. She walked into the room. She broke down

"Jenna, whats wrong?" Adam hugged her.

"What is it Jen?" KC asked

"Its, it, its.." she couldn't get her words out.

"Its what?" KC asked handing her his bottle of water. After drinking, she said

"Its Carson." she told KC. He looked scared "He has a gun and he is holding," but before she could finish her sentence, KC looked at Clare's empty desk.

"He has Clare, doesn't he?" Kc asked

"Yes. And Dave and Eli." she shook her head. "They are at the library." Jenna said

"Why are we sitting here?" Kc stood up

"Think about KC," Adam said "What can you do?"

"Dave and Eli are both my friends, and I love Clare." he said "True she wants nothing to do with me, but still." KC said "Carson isn't after Clare or Dave or Eli," KC told them "He hates me. He wants to hurt me." he said "I cant sit by and wait to see if the police will talk some sense into him" Mrs. Oh, the media teacher was talking to Mr. Simpson outside. "Cover for me." KC said as he began to leave. Jenna came after him

"Are you stupid?" Jenna said

"Maybe. I have to find them."

"I am coming with you." Jenna said

"Fine." KC said.

…...

"Where is he?" Carson said.

"The school is in lock down," Clare said "He couldn't leave." she added under her breathe "Creep." but it was loud enough for Carson to hear. He walked over to Clare pointing the gun to her

"Creep? How about I show you what a creep I can be?" Eli stood up in between Clare and Carson

"Eli what are you doing?" Clare said

"Eli, man this is stupid." Dave said

"He doesn't have the guts to shoot me." Eli said "If he did, I would already be shot."

"Oh tough guy huh?" Carson had this blood thirsty look in his eye, "Well we will see."

"You wanna shoot someone shoot me! Go head shoot." Carson pulled the trigger, and they heard a gun shot. Clare at first thought that this was fake. Eli stood up frozen, then looked at the blood dripping down.

"Oh my god." Clare said silently "Oh my GOD!" Clare screamed, as Eli began to sink to the floor. Clare ran over to him. "Dave give me your sweater." Dave took off his sweater and handed it to Clare. She held it against Eli's chest..

"Ow, it hurts."Eli said wincing on pain

"I know, I know." Clare held it as hard as she could. "It'll be alright, it will be alright." Clare told him "Your gonna be fine." Clare kept saying

…...

"Why do we even say that?" Clare said "Everything is gonna be alright?" KC gave her a questioning look "I mean its a total lie. We know its not gonna be fine, but yet we say it in a situation like that." she picked at her hands "Do we say it for them or for ourselves?"

"What happened next?" KC pressed on

…...

Jenna and KC looked around the library windows and saw them Clare was over someone and Dave was next to her. Clare was covered in blood.

"Oh god" KC said and he tried to open the window when Jenna stopped him

"Do you have a plan?" Jenna said

"Um no." Kc said

"KC, Carson has obviously shot someone, and if you are right and him being after you, he will shoot you." Jenna told him.

"Jenna, Clare is in there." KC pointed to her. "Who is to stop Carson from shooting her next? Huh? I may never have her again, but it will kill me if he shoots her at all." KC said

"I get it." Jenna said "But think about it, after he shoots you, what is gonna stop him from shooting her?"

"So what do we do?" KC asked. Just then they saw the swat team come over there.

"We enlist help."

…...

Eli was barley able to stay awake.

"Clare," he said

"I am here Eli, I am right here." she held his hand.

"Clare I love you." he said

"Don't talk like that." she said "Ok, you are gonna be just fine."

"This is getting tiring." Carson said. "Where is KC?"
"Right here." KC said he entered the room

"About time, old pal." Carson said.

"Let my friends go." he said

"Um no."

"Let them go, you have no need for them."

"KC, what are doing?" Clare asked

"Doing right by you for once."he didn't look at her.

"Been waiting for this day, for a while." Carson said

"Me too." KC said. Carson held the gun up to KC's head.

"We have the room surrounded Carson." The swat team said "Put down the gun. We will shoot you." he said Carson put the gun down. What happened next was just a blur. The arrested Carson, and brought Eli to hospital. He was on life support for 2 days. He was getting worse. He had lost too much blood. His mom, who came just to be there, decided to take him off life support. Clare cried for 2 days straight. She hadn't left her room since the funeral. That was almost a week ago.

…...

"Now you know everything." Clare said. "Eli died taking a bullet meant for me." Clare began to cry. KC hugged her.

"Now you know That's not true. Carson was after me." he told her. Clare suddenly looked at KC with a new light

"Its all your fault." Clare said

"What?" KC said

"You befriended the coach. You got him arrested, you killed Eli." she said. Kc stood up

"Are you insane? I didn't know the coach was crazy? I didn't know he was gonna come back and go all crazy and kill Eli." KC said

"You just couldn't stand the idea that someone else could love me" Clare yelled at him

"Yes, Clare your right, I did all this on purpose. I befriended the coach, dumped you, realized what a creep he was, got him arrested, knowing he would come back and kill your boyfriend, all because I's hate seeing you with someone else!" Kc yelled back

"Just leave KC! Leave me alone. I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!" she stood up and punched him hard in the chest. She kept pushing him out of the room. KC just left. Clare broke down and cried harder than she ever had.

…...

KC stormed down the stairs. He saw Alli sitting with Clare's mom and Darcy.

"Clare is insane! She actually blames me for Eli's death. She wants to be left alone? Fine. She hates me, OK, I hate her to." Kc said

"No you don't. You love her." Alli said. "Clare is hurting right now KC." Alli said

"And that justifies yelling at me? Blaming me for Eli's death?" KC asked

"You two are really close. She needs someone to blame and you are the closest person to her."
"Well maybe we are a little too close. Maybe some separation will do us good." KC just walked out.