NB : Hey there! It's officially saturday so there's the next chapter! I know it's really short so maybe I'll make an update around wednesday! Thanks for letting reviews, I really appreciate that! Plus, I am really happy to see more and more followers every week. I hope you'll enjoy that chapter!

Claire's POV

She had never been more scared in her whole life. She had never been crazier in her whole life either. The shooter could literally be anywhere and yet she was wandering in the school. Okay, she was not exactly wandering, she was looking for a stupid stubborn criminal. What else could she be doing when gunshots had been heard in the school? She stopped running in front of a science class. She could hear whispers inside. A girl was crying, someone asked if they were going to die and the teacher was mumbling "shhhh". Like it could help.

Damn! Where Bender could be?

She should have asked Andy that when he had met her outside the gym after her very moving farewell to her former friends. She had been quite surprised he had followed her.

"Find Bender" he had said. "I'll find Allison. Brian's probably in the library. Let's meet there."

She had agreed though it was probably the most unsafe plan ever. And now she had no idea where to look.

She found herself hoping he was fine. Safe. He had to be. It's not like sarcasm could actually prevent against bullets but… No. She couldn't think otherwise. He was safe. And she will find him.

Hallways were empty and all the school had gone to silence. Claire hadn't heard a real sound since the gunshots -except from the whispers from the classroom. According to the expensive watch on her wrist, it was more than ten minutes ago.

She turned left. She went through all the ground floor and nothing. Except the cafeteria but there was no way to lock it so no one would possibly hide there.

As she went to the staircase, she was grabbed by the hand and pulled behind a door. A hand covered her mouth. She should have been afraid. Did she run into the shooter? Why wasn't she dead yet then? Okay, now, she was getting scared… Many thoughts were running though her mind but it was like none of them was clear enough to be understood. She felt her heart pounding in her chest. She wanted to puke. She was terrified.

She could feel a warm breath on her neck. Her knees were weakened by the fear. Her heart was beating faster. Last time it beat that fast, she was locked in a closet with John Bender.

Oh God! She missed that closet. Maybe her Heaven will be a closet. Filled with Bender's smell…. She had to stop. And focus. Something was definitely off. If she had ran into the shooter, she should have been dead by now. She held her breath like it was of some kind of use in that situation.

And then, she felt his mouth close to her ear:

"You lost?"

To Be Continued...