Hello! I hope you enjoy this chapter, it will be pretty serious.
This chapter will have a serious matter that has to do with school violence in it. In no way am I mocking it or saying that it is okay for it to happen.
ENJOY. The POV's will be switching around a bit in this chapter between Nellie and Dani.
I was heading towards my dorm, just chatting to Abraham. I was so happy that he finally forgave me for everything. "Thanks again Abraham for forgiving me.." I thanked him happily. But I didn't get an answer. "Abraham?" I turned around and noticed he was gone. I started walking the opposite way then before and looked for him. "Abe? You hiding from me?" I called out. I kept walking until I passed the supply closet. That's when I saw it. Emily and Abraham. Emily had her arm around Abe's mouth and neck, holding him back from me. She had a gun in her hand, specifically pointed at me.
"You told them!" Emily screamed at me. "Emily, are you sure this is rational? I mean, we are in a public place.." I pointed out. "I'm not an idiot, now, you have 5 seconds to get in that supply closet with your little homo explosion friend over here, or he gets his head blown into smitherines. I opened the door, and she threw him into the closet. She pushed me in too, and slammed the door shut. I stood up from the ground and banged on the door. I tried to open it, but she locked it. "Let us out, Emily!" I shouted. "Not until you admit that it was you that tried killing Charlie!" She yelled from the other side. "Never!"
"Well, I guess you're never leaving." She laughed, and I could feel her kick the door. Abraham was curled up into a ball in the corner of the closet. "Don't worry Abraham, we'll get out. Somebody will eventually see us." Abraham closed his eyes and gulped down air. "This is why you didn't tell anyone. I understand now. You didn't want to die. You didn't want anyone to die. You wanted everyone to be protected. I'm so sorry I didn't believe you." I saw tears forming in his eyes.
I sat beside him and grabbed him in my arms. Abraham might be strong, but there was still a little boy in that body who needed out. "I'm scared Dani. I don't want to die." He whimpered. That broke my heart. I could feel my eyes prick with tears. "We won't.. I promise, we won't." I hugged him and let out a dry whimper.
Nellie walked down the hallway, books in hand, and her bag slung over her shoulder. She was heading to her friend Shanna's dorm room so they could hang out before class. She was about to knock on the door when she heard a gunshot in the hallway. She grabbed the doorknob of the room closest to her, which was Shanna's, and she ran in. Shanna was curled up in her bed, panicking. "Are you okay, Nellie?!" She whisper-yelled. Nellie closed the dorm room door, and locked it. "Fine, you alright?" Shanna gulped down air and nodded. Nellie ran to the window and put the blinds over it.
"Just hide where nobody will be able to see you, keep your head down, and be quiet." Nellie informed her scared friend. "How do you know what to do?" She whispered. "Lots of training at my school. My principal decided that we should know what to do if this happens.." She explained, quietly.
It was quiet and peaceful, Shanna thought it was all over. She let out a sigh, but it got cut short by somebody rattling the doorknob. Shanna began to cry. She had never been so scared in her life. The rattling kept happening. "Shanna, it's Michael.." They both heard the boy whimper out. Nellie stood carefully and quietly walked over to the door. She peeked through the peep hole that every dorm room has. She saw Michael standing there, she could tell that he was crying. He looked really scared. Nellie opened the door quickly and grabbed Michael. She threw him in the room and quietly shut the door again. She locked it and sat on the floor beside Michael.
She saw tears going down his face. "Michael, it will be alright." Nellie put her arm around the boy, and cradled him. They looked over to Shanna and realized she was having a panic attack. "We're going to die." She whimpered. "Shanna, we're going to fine. Just stay quiet and-" Before she finished she heard another rattling on the door knob. Nellie hid her face in Michael's shoulder. Shanna hid in the blanket placed on her bed, and Michael just held onto Nellie. Nellie was a strong girl. She'd never been scared. Until then.
That couldn't have been a gunshot. It couldn't have been. I won't accept it. I just won't. I was holding onto Abraham at the moment. He was horrified. That was the second time in just that day that he was worried about a gun. "I need to call my mom." I whispered. "Once she hears about this she'll be terrified." I grabbed my phone out and dialed my mom's number. She quickly picked up. "Hey Dani. Whats going on?" She asked.
"Mom.. I love you.. I just wanted you to know that. I love you and dad and Brian. I love everyone. Andrew and Becky." I let her know. "Honey, what's going on?" I could tell the tone in her voice was worry. "Mom, something happened at school. Something bad. I'm really scared that I won't get out alive.." I whimpered out to her. "Honey, I have faith in you. You're a strong girl. I love you too baby." I sniffled before taking a deep breath. I could barely get the next words out. "I'm sorry." I choked out.
"For what?" I let out a short cry. "For everything. I knew you never wanted this life for me.. And I'm sorry for that." My mother was quiet for a bit. "Mom?" I whispered. "I love you honey. No matter who you like. I love you.." I smiled faintly. I gulped down air. "I'll talk to you later. I hope. I love you too." I hung up the phone, and gave it to Abraham. He just set it on the ground and grabbed me.
I cried into his arm. I was actually really scared. I didn't want to die. I didn't want Abraham to. "I'm not going to let anything happen to you." He rubbed my arm and made me feel safe. He might have been scared, but he was pretty damn good at making me feel safe. "I want to call her." I confessed. "Who?"
I took a deep breath. "Nellie. I need to make sure she's okay. I have to." I answered. He nodded and handed me the phone. I quickly dialed the number, and waited for her to pick up.
"Dani thank goodness you called." It wasn't Nellie who answered. It was Michael. "Michael, are you guys okay?" She asked, really worried. "We're fine.. Shanna was a bit freaked, but Nellie got her to calm down.. I'm sure you want to talk to her?" Michael asked of her. "I just wanted to know she was okay." She told him. But he didn't get the message. The phone was already being handed to Nellie. "Hello?" She whispered.
Hearing Nellie's voice was all that I wanted. It was all that I needed to hear to know that she was okay. It gave me faith that she was going to be fine. "Nellie, it's me. I just wanted to know you guys were okay.."
"Dani.. I've meant to call you. But I was really scared and, as odd as it is, I needed to hear your voice. I'm sorry I've been such an ass to you lately, I've just been mad.. But if we don't make it out alive, I want you to know that I-" Before Nellie could finish her thought, she would rattling through the phone. "I have to go." Dani whispered, fear in her tone.
Nellie hung up the phone and curled herself into a ball. She cried into her own lap. Michael wrapped himself around her. "Nellie, it will be okay. She'll be okay." Michael explained. Nellie started nodding. "You're right... She will."
"Michael, do you want to call Blake?" Shanna asked. Michael had realized that he hadn't thought of Blake one minute during that. Michael got up from the floor, and headed towards the door. Nellie stood as well, and grabbed him away from the door. "I have to go find him. What if he's hurt? What if he got shot?" Michael asked, terrified. "No, it's too dangerous to go out there." Michael's eyes started to water. "I love him and I have to know if he's okay." Michael snapped. He grabbed the doorknob. "No, Michael!" Nellie whisper yelled. She grabbed his body and covered his mouth to keep him from shouting. She could feel his tears drip on his hand.
When Nellie let go of him, he tried it again. Right when he got to the doorknob, he heard another gun shot. He fell to the ground in fear, and he grabbed Nellie. He sobbed into her arm. They all got quiet, except for Shanna. She whimpered into her pillow, and cried into it. Tears were running down Nellie's cheeks too.
Michael's heart was racing. He had remembered talking to Blake earlier that day. They were dating, but they hadn't exactly made it that official. They had told Dani, Nellie, and a few others, but nobody else knew. Michael tried to get Blake to let people know, but Blake didn't want that. Michael broke up with him right on the spot. If he wasn't going to make it real, then he didn't want anything else to happen between them.
But even though they broke up, he still wanted to know that Blake was safe. He loved him.
That gunshot was right near us that time. The person shooting it couldn't be far. Abraham had tears going down his face, as did I. We then heard a rattling on the door. It didn't take long for the door to burst open. I couldn't catch a glimpse of who it was. I just sobbed when I saw the figure. I saw the figure's arm lift up and the gun was faced upwards. I heard the gunshot. I was sure I was dead. I heard the door slam shut again, and that's when I realized I wasn't dead. I peeked open and saw Abraham beside me. He was shaking. I put my hand on the ground and felt a substance.
It was blood. I didn't get shot. Abraham did. I began shaking Abraham's body. "Abraham, wake up.. Please..." I cried. I laid my head on him and and clutched his body. I held him close to me. "Abraham. Please wake up." I sobbed harder and harder. He couldn't be dead. He couldn't be.