''Why the hell do you have a gun?''

Jimmy looked at the gun for a second, and moved it into his other hand. ''I don't like to call it a gun... I call it revenge.''

''Revenge for what?'' Lucas asked, staring at the gun in his hands. He was already shaking in fear, who wouldn't be? He knew that Jimmy could just quickly shoot him in a second, but he had to find out if Jimmy has got the girls locked up too.

''Figure it out.'' Jimmy said calmly, then glared at the tall jock. ''Um, your brother threatened me!'' he screamed, pointing the gun at the two.

''Jimmy,'' Mouth said softly. ''Just put the gun down, buddy.''

Jimmy laughed bitterly. ''Buddy? I'm not your buddy. If I was then you would have let me back on the mathletes instead of your new friend. But you chose him instead of me.''

''So this is why we're here? Because you're sad about not being allowed into your shitty little club.'' Nathan snapped walking towards him, his fists clenched. ''I swear to God, you better let us out of here. Right now.''

Lucas grabbed his arms so he could no longer walk forward. ''Are you trying to get killed? He's got a fucking gun.''

Nathan scoffed as he tried to break free of his brother's grasp. ''He's not gonna shoot me. Have you seen him?''

Jimmy laughed and pointed the gun towards him. ''I might, I might not. Or I could just shoot your girlfriend.''

Panic ran through him as he froze. ''Haley?'' he shouted, and resumed trying to break free from his brothers grasp. ''What the fuck have you done to Haley? If you've touched her, I'll kill you. Are you scared right now? Are you scared about what's going to happen with the police? You shouldn't be. Because if you've done anything to her then I'll come looking for you. And you will die. Where is she?''

Jimmy didn't seem phased by Nathan's outburst, not moving the gun from the direction of the Scott's. ''She's locked in the tutor centre, I'm stopping by there in a moment.''

''The tutor centre?'' Julian exclaimed in panic, taking a step towards Jimmy. ''Brooke's in there.''

Jimmy snorted and rolled his eyes. ''Well I did call her over the speakers too.''

''So's Mia. Did you plan this?'' Chase said as you could practically see the smoke coming off him, he was so angry, yet he couldn't do anything about it.

''Well done, Chase.'' Jimmy said in mock-dramatics.

''What the hell did I do? I'm your friend.''

Jimmy sighed. Did he really have to explain all of this again? ''You didn't stick up for me, you should have wanted me back on the team.''

''Okay,'' Chase said, slightly calmer this time. He could accept that he's in here, even though it for a stupid reason, he just didn't think it was fair that his girlfriend was. ''So why is Mia in this? She doesn't know you.''

''Well she should. She's dating you, so she sould know me, she should care. This is her revenge.''

Lucas sighed, feeling more pain and fear than before. ''And Peyton's too?''

''All of them.''

Julian's heart broke. All of them, which meant Brooke too. His Brooke. Jimmy was doing this because of the mathletes, because they wouldn't let Jimmy back on the team and Julian wanted to stay so much. That caused Jimmy to get angry with a gun and hold him and Brooke hostage, their friends too.

This was all of his fault.

''We had a fight,'' Mia whispered. Her and Brooke are sat on one of the circular tables, with Mia's head resting on Brooke's shoulder. ''Me and Chase had a argument yesterday. I was mad because Alex Dupre was flirting with him at the café. What if he's hurt, Brooke? And the last thing I said to him was Don't talk to me, you asshole.''

Brooke would have laughed if pain wasn't eating at her stomach. She wrapped her arm around Mia and rubbed her shoulder. ''Chase loves you, and he knows you love him, that's all that matters. He's fine, you're fine. It's going to be okay.'' she told Mia, but really she was reassuring herself. She just had to believe those words were true, because if she didn't, then she would completely fall apart.

''I didn't tell Nathan that I love him,'' Haley whispered. ''What if we get hurt and he doesn't know that I do?''

''I've not even saw Mouth today. He was in the AV room before someone called me here.''

Peyton stood up from her place next to Haley at the floor by the window. ''Stop. We are all going to be fine, no one is going to hurt us, okay?''

''We're not worried about us.'' Brooke told her. ''When Julian's around, I can breathe. I haven't been able to breath my entire life, because my parents never wanted me, my best friends got me through it, but I was always waiting for my Mom to ditch me again, it was like I was holding a huge breath. But then I met Julian, and he changed everything. He shown me that someone wants me, truly wants me. He helps me breathe. I can't not breathe again.'' she explained with a heart-wrenching sob at the end.

This was it, her world was crumbling.

And she can't handle it.

''I used to love it here,'' Jimmy said, sitting on the desk, swinging his feet like he had no care in the world. ''I was so sad when I had to move.''

Nathan lifted his head from the desk. ''What the fuck is this? Story time? I've got a story for ya. Once upon a time, a phsyco locked five guys and five girls in two seperate rooms. And if he doesn't let one guy see his girl in a second, then I'm going to kick his fat ass.''

Jimmy chuckled and shook his head. ''No you're not.''

''You challenging me?'' Nathan asked, standing up.

''Nathan, stop. Do you really want to do this to Haley? She'll die if something happens to you.'' Lucas said, pulling his brother back down.

Nathan sighed and leaned his head back on the table. He didn't want his brother to see the tears in his eyes. Those tears full of fear, hate and love. Fear for him and the small girl in the other room. Hate for Jimmy Edwards and what he's doing. Love for Haley, the girl who's held his heart for over ten years, who might be taken away from him.

''I convinced my parents to move me back, you know.'' Jimmy continued. ''I had taken a sleeping pill because I hated that place so much.''

Mouth looked at him in shock. ''Jimmy-''

''And then I took twelve more.'' he said, feeling sick from the memories. Though he thought it was okay to be doing this to ten innocent people. ''My cousin Clay came home too. And I thought everything was going to go back to normal. But then I heard about this guy.'' Jimmy said with a glare, pointing to Julian. ''The mathletes wouldn't take me back. And it all went downhill from there. I got punched, threatened and then I still didn't get put back on the team.''

''Because that's life,'' Lucas told him. ''It isn't always fair. You don't react this way, Jimmy. It's not right.''

''But you're popular, it's easy for you.''

''Do you really think this is going to help you?'' Julian finally spoke up. ''Do you honestly think people are going to respect you for doing this to us? Will this make everyone suddenly like you? Do you believe that?''

Jimmy shrugged, not letting those words sink in. He wanted to get pay back, he wasn't backing out now. ''At least I won't be invisible.''

''You're not invisible.'' Julian told him. ''When you came back. Haley said 'is that Jimmy Edwards?' You aren't invisible. Do you think you're going to be happy after doing this to us? If you do something worse?''

''Maybe.''

''Happiness is a mood.It's not a destination, it's like being hungry or tired. It's never permernant, it comes and goes. This won't make you happy, Jimmy. This is going to haunt you. It's not going to fix everything like you think.'' Julian said. ''So just let us go.''

Jimmy shook his head and pointed the gun towards Julian ''Don't tell me how I feel.''

''This isn't going to make you happy. If you hurt me, then it's not going to do anything.'' Julian told him, anyone could here the desperation in his voice. He just needed Jimmy to let them go so they could get out of here, so Brooke could get out of here. He'll do anything.

Jimmy walked towards him, shaking with rage. ''You're wrong.''

It was clear that Jimmy had some sort of mental health problem. This is isn't about revenge, or hurt, or sadness. Maybe it is. But there is something deep there too, something that only specialised doctors can figure out. But they're not here now. So the scared boy with the gun is continuing to torture these people.

''Am I?''

''It wasn't supposed to be this way.'' Mouth cried, causing the attention to be averted to him. ''The artists, and the scientists, and the poets... none of them fit in at seventeen. You're supposed to get past it. The bullies and the beaten and the loners. You're supposed to get past it. You're supposed to live long enough to take it back. Just take it all back.'' he begged.

Jimmy sighed and turned to the boy who he used to call his friend, though he didn't move the gun from the direction of Julian. ''Mouth, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have dragged you into all of this.''

''Let him go,'' Chase ordered. ''Mouth has never hurt you. Let him go.''

Jimmy nodded. ''You can go in the other room with Rachel, I don't want to hurt you guys.''

''Let everyone go.'' Mouth suggested. ''Just let us all go.''

''No,'' Jimmy shook his head. ''You can go.'' he said, walking towards the door. ''Come on, I'll take you to the tutor centre.''

''But-''

''Just go, Mouth.'' Nathan told him. ''Tell Haley that I love her, tell her not to panic. Tell her that I'm going to get her out.''

Chase patted Mouth on the back. ''Tell Mia I said sorry about yesterday, and that I love her.''

Lucas coughed awkwardly, he was the only one here who couldn't tell someone they loved them. ''Make sure Peyton stays strong, and that I miss her.'' he said, which was the honest truth. He misses her so damn much.

''Mouth, make sure Brooke doesn't do anything stupid.'' Julian told him weakly. ''I don't want her to get hurt. Tell her that, and that I love her more than anything. She's terrific.''

''Lucas, Nathan!'' Deb screamed around the school gym. ''Lucas and Nathan Scott! Where are you boys?''

Everyone had ran out of the school after someone shot a gun at the ceiling, and they had been sent to the school gym. Parents had all been called to get their kids, and the ones who's children weren't here were supposed to let the police know so they would be able to confirm who was still inside the building. The police didn't want to think that people who were okay were actually inside.

Dan Scott sighed and ran his hand tiredly across his face. ''Nathan's gone back in, hasn't he? He's ran after that stupid girl. And Lucas was stupid enough to follow.''

''Deb!'' Larry Saywer shouted, running over to the two. ''Have you seen Peyton?''

''I'm sorry Larry, I think she's inside.''

''What the hell is going on?'' Victoria Davis demanded, joining the group of three with a huff. ''I got a call from the school. What has happened? Where's Brooke?''

Deb touched her arm comfortingly. ''Someone brought a gun into school. We think she's inside.''

''Can I have your attention, please?'' a policeman shouted into a megaphone, stood on top of the bleachers. ''We have discovered that there are eleven students inside the school. Will the parents of these pupils please come with us: Mia Catalano, Nathan Scott, Marvin McFadden, Brooke Davis, Haley James, Lucas Scott, Jimmy Edwards, Rachel Gatina, Julian Baker, Chase Adams and Peyton Sawyer. Thank you.''

AN: I know all of these chapters are short, but I'm updating everyday. So please review and come back for the next one.

Okay, so it's clear Jimmy is mentally ill. This isn't very similar to the shooting, I don't think it is. But in some ways it is. Nathan has taken the role of 'Marcus', he keeps snapping, but he actually has a reason. Haley's more panicky, Peyton's more calm, Lucas is the same, and Brooke's crying. I think this one is going to be more dangerous.

I'll update very soon.