BANG.

He had expected to shoot the wall, to get all of their attention. But it didn't hit it; they didn't hear it hit any side of the room.

''Ahh!'' a person shouted, falling to the floor.

It hit someone. And at that very same time, another persons' heart broke.

''Lucas!'' Nathan screamed, running towards his brother in panic. Lucas was lay on the floor in pain, clutching onto his leg as blood started to pour onto the floor through his jeans.

Lucas clutched onto his leg. ''Ah! Nate, it's really hurtin'.''

Nathan felt the tears well up in his eyes. This was his twin, his older brother, by three minutes and thirty three seconds. Lucas was like the other half of him, his best friend. If something happens to Lucas, then what happens to him? He can't live without him.

He grabbed onto Lucas' hand and squeezed it tight. ''I know, just don't close your eyes, and stay awake.''

Peyton slowly walked over to the two, as everyone else stayed still in shock, they didn't want to get in the way.

She crouched down next to him as her heart felt like it was about to explode. ''Luke, you're gonna be okay. We'll get you out of here, I promise.''

Lucas took deep breaths as a tear rolled down his cheek. ''It really hurts, Peyt.''

Peyton kissed his forehead lightly. ''I know. But you're gonna be okay,'' she mumbled against his head. ''You're not going to leave me too, Luke. I love you too much to let you die.''

Brooke took off her jacket and threw it to Nathan; she didn't want to crowd them. She didn't think she could move her legs anyway, they had turned into jelly as the pain in her chest made her dizzy. Lucas, he's one of the five. They can't lose him. She can't lose him. He's her Broody.

Nathan tied the jacket around the place where the bullet hit Lucas' shin, so more blood wouldn't escape. He pressed his hand on it, adding more pressure. ''Sorry Luke, but this is gonna stop the bleeding.''

Lucas nodded, biting his lip. ''Just do what you have to.'' he said, taking a deep breath.

Jimmy sighed and grabbed hold of Haley's arm, dragging her into the room and pushing her inside. He then turned and locked the door. ''I meant what I said, you guys aren't going anywhere.''

''What?'' Nathan exclaimed, standing up. ''You better let him go, I don't care about me, just let him go.''

''Do you want to be over there with your brother too?'' Jimmy asked him, his hand trembling at her pointed the gun at the raven-haired Scott. He didn't mean to shoot Lucas, this wasn't meant to be. But if he lets them out then he'll get in even more trouble. This was it, the revenge.

Brooke's hand covered her mouth as a sob escaped from her place near the desk, she was too scared to move. ''Please don't.'' she begged brokenly. ''Just let Lucas go. Please Jimmy, he could die.'' she sobbed, trying to hold herself together.

Julian pulled her into his arms as she cried. He was just so relieved that she was okay, he thought he could have lost her. When he heard that gunshot, his heart skipped a beat in case somehow she had gotten hurt. He was just so filled with happiness right now. Even though he's still so sad and scared for Lucas right now. And he's still scared for Brooke. Jimmy could still do anything.

''We're teaching you guys a lesson,'' Jimmy said cruelly. ''The quicker you learn it, the better.''

Rachel and Mouth ran out of the school in fear. They had heard the gun shot, which caused them to run faster. They needed to get help in case someone was hurt. One of their friends.

When they opened the doors, police were there, guns in hand. While police cars and vans were near the car park, along with families, reporters and more police officers and detectives. It was madness.

They held up their hands in surrender, as the police approached them.

They were handcuffed and brought down the stairs, until they were placed on the ground and searched the see if they had a gun. When the police discovered that they were safe, Rachel and Mouth were let go and left to go and see their families.

But they just stopped, and looked at each other.

''I love you, Rachel.'' Mouth admitted softly. ''I'm so glad you're okay.''

Rachel smiled through her tears. ''I love you too, Mouth.''

And that was all that mattered right then.

''Nate,'' Lucas said weakly as he leaned against the wall, his leg now firmly wrapped in Brooke's jacket. ''I think I'm falling asleep.''

''No,'' Nathan said firmly. ''Keep your eyes open.''

Lucas sighed as his leg continued to throb. ''I'm losing too much blood, Nathan. We've got to face it, we're not getting out of here anytime soon.''

More tears rolled down both of their cheeks. ''I'm sorry for snapping at you today.'' Nathan apologised. ''I shouldn't have shouted at you, I'm sorry, Luke.''

Lucas smiled, despite himself. ''It's fine, Nate. You were- you were just trying to get to Haley.'' he said, nodding towards the girl who was sat on one of the seats, staring into the distance. ''Can you give me a second with Peyton?''

''What do you want to talk to me about, champ?'' Peyton asked from the left side of him, giving him a weak smile.

Lucas shrugged. ''I just want to tell you something.''

''Sure, I can go for a minute. I'm gonna go and threaten Jimmy again. We're getting you out of here if it kills me.'' Nathan said in determination, standing up.

''I'm really tired, are you tired?'' he asked sleepily.

''No,'' Peyton said softly, taking his hand and intertwining their fingers. ''But you're going to stay awake.''

Lucas smirked weakly. ''Is that a threat?''

''You bet your ass it is,'' she teased. ''What did you want to talk to me about?''

''I've lost a lot of blood, and I don't think we're going to get out of here.'' he told her. ''And when Jimmy fired that gun, I realised something. And I think you should know, because if I die, I'd hate for you not to know how I feel.''

''You're not going to die,'' Peyton said sternly.

Lucas nodded. ''I might die. But I've lost a lot of blood so I want you to know that- that I love you, Peyt. You know how long it took me to realise that? The same amount of time it takes to pull a trigger. I'm in love with you, and I think I always have been. I know you've lost Jake, and I know you don't love me that way. But I just really thought you should know.'' he said breathlessly. It was the truth, but he feels like he's going to fall asleep and not wake up, and he would hate it if she didn't know how he felt.

Peyton was in complete shock, she didn't know how to feel. She doesn't even know how she feels. She was supposed to love Jake... not her best friend. This was completely crazy, but it made her heart race uncontrollably.

But then she noticed how his eyes weren't open anymore, his face was down.

''Lucas!'' she screamed, grabbing his face in her hands. ''Luke, wake up.''

Nathan ran over to his brother. ''Luke, open your eyes, say something, anything.''

He didn't respond.

Never in her life did Haley James feel so completely alone.

She was sat here, in tears, on one of the desks, not knowing what to do.

Lucas might die, her brother, her best friend. He's always been a brother to her, even before she was with Nathan. He's a huge part of her world. She defends him, he defends her, that's how it's been. She always told him her secrets, before she told anyone else. He was her best friend, the best one. She knows you're not supposed to have a favourite, but he's hers.

Haley looked around at all of the couples. Mia and Chase were just talking to each other, they were sad, they were also trying to reason with Jimmy, but they never let go of each others hands. Brooke are Julian were in a big hug, not letting each other go. Peyton never let go of Lucas' hand, still trying to wake him up.

Nathan was screaming at Jimmy, begging him to let his brother go.

He hadn't spoken to her once. He hadn't hugged her. He hadn't even looked at her. When Peyton was talking to Lucas, he had sat next to Chase, while he was demanding that Jimmy let them go. He didn't sit next to her.

She had almost died, she would have willingly taken a bullet for him to get out. Just as long as he was safe.

She's trying not to be a bitch, she doesn't want to be bitter. Because she knows how much Nathan loves Lucas, they have a bond which no one understands. But she can't help but feel alone, at the fact that he hasn't even glanced at her to make sure that she was okay.

Haley loves him more than anything in the world, she would die for him in a heartbeat.

But he doesn't seem to care right now, which makes her wonder... does he even feel the same?

''Jimmy, just let Lucas go. I'm begging you, he could die.'' Nathan said to Jimmy who was now sat on the desk. ''Do you want to be a murderer too? As well as holding ten kids hostage.''

Jimmy looked around at everyone. ''Where did Mouth and Rachel go?''

''They got out,'' Haley spoke up, the tears still fell down her cheeks. ''I told them to leave while they had the chance, they didn't have anyone who needed saving, they already had each other.''

Nathan didn't look at her, he just continued to glare at Jimmy. ''Let Lucas go.''

Then he took a risk, probably the biggest one he ever would take.

He grabbed Jimmy collar, and pulled him up, so they were face to face. ''Let us go so we can get Lucas out, or I'll kick your ass. I don't care if you have a gun, Lucas is getting out of here right now.''

Jimmy was shocked, so shocked that the gun fell from his fingertips, and onto the floor.

Julian jumped up immediately and ran towards the front of the room, he grabbed the gun before Jimmy could retrieve it with his good hand. He held up, pointing it at the guy who's made him feel more hurt than he could ever imagine.

''Get the key and let us go. Right now!'' he demanded as the adrenaline rushed through his veins.

Nathan let go of Jimmy and took a step back.

Brooke was frozen. She had never been so scared yet so proud in her entire life. Julian could still get hurt, which petrified her so much that I hurt more than anything. But she was so relieved that he was taking a stand against Jimmy, that he was saving her and her best friends.

''Nate, get Lucas.'' Julian demanded. ''And you,'' he said to Jimmy. ''Open the door. Or I'll shoot you, just like you shot Lucas. Don't think I won't, because I promise you that I will.''

Of course, Jimmy didn't want to die. That was never part of the plan. This wasn't part of this plan. But he didn't want to die, of course he didn't.

So he ran to the door and shakily unlocked it.

Nathan walked over to his brother and scooped him up in his arms, he quickly walked out of the door, with Peyton following behind.

Julian dropped the gun to the floor, taking Brooke's hand with his good one and leading her out of this room which he probably won't be able to step into again.

Mia and Chase walked towards the door, Mia stopped when she saw that Haley didn't move. She held her hands out to help her up. ''C'mon Hales, I'm here, you're going to be okay.''

Haley was unresponsive, she just stood up and let Mia wrap her arm around her shoulders emotionlessly as the three of them walked out of the door.

Leaving Jimmy Edwards behind.

If you were watching the news at 1:07 on this Friday afternoon, you would see a school. There would be reports about eleven children, ten of then who have been held hostage by a guy named Jimmy Edwards with a gun. Teachers, pupils and parents would give their opinions on the events. And then the school would be shown again, policemen with guns still surrounding it.

The door would then open, and you would see a raven-haired boy, carrying a guy his age in his arms, whose leg was bleeding.

Behind them was a girl with wild curly blonde hair, with tears falling from her face as she followed the quickly behind.

You would then see a boy and girl holding hands. The guy had a cast on one of his hands, and the girl's eyes were puffy. The boy would keep glancing at the girl in pain, clearly upset because she was.

Finally you would see three people. A dark haired girl had her arm wrapped around a crying girl with dark blonde hair. Next to them was a slightly tanned dark haired guy, who was holding the dark haired girls hand.

And as you watched this, you couldn't not wonder...

How is this going to change their lives?

AN: So they're out. Phew. This was all made up completely in my mind as I wrote it.. So I hope its all okay. You may have realised that the scenes from chapter 20 weren't included, I just couldn't find a way to write them into these chapters, I kept changing what was going to happen. I'll probably end up regretting this soon... ha-ha.

Want some spoilers? Well, here you go:

This story is ending soon. I was planning on some depressive stuff with Naley, but it's not a Naley story which isn't fair to all of you Brulian lovers if I focus on that rather than Brulian. And it would just take way to long, so I'm cutting it shorter with a time jump. I also don't want to drag on Leyton for to long, and I also don't want Peyton to get over Jake too fast.

Oh! And please read One in a Million by Naley4ever616 I'm really mad by the lack of response it's gotten, because it's amazing and fluffy and beautiful! I just really want people to read it too. She deserves the reviews, so read it and review it! It's my favourite story on here, so please check it out:D!

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