Chapter 26
Two weeks have passed since the shooting at school. Surprisingly, no one died that day. Two students are still in the ICU at the hospital, but from everything I've heard they are expected to recover. Thirty-five students and teachers were injured, including Pacey and Jack. Matt Caulfield is expected to be released from the hospital this afternoon and into the custody of the Sheriff's Department. Eve is still in the psych ward. We aren't any closer to knowing the reasoning behind the shooting. All of the other shooters have been charged and are awaiting trial. They are reopening the school on Monday, the damage was less severe than originally thought. They still have to film lab closed, because the equipment hasn't been replaced yet.
I'm sitting on my dock waiting for Pacey and Dawson. Dawson is taking us to the restaurant to pick up our bookbags from the school. The sheriff's department went in a collected all the bookbags from the school a few days ago and Mrs. Leery said they could bring everything to the restaurant for the students to pick up. I turn around when I hear the car pull into the driveway. This is a sight I never imagined I would see anytime soon, Pacey and Dawson laughing together, on their way back to being best friends. They have finally forgiven each other for everything that happened and they are rebuilding their friendship.
Dawson is happier than I have seen them in months, and the same can be said for Andie. They have finally made things official and I couldn't be happier for them. Our little group is finally back together. We have spent the last week camped in Dawson's bedroom watching movies.
I'm pulled from my thoughts when Pacey wraps me in a hug.
"Hey, Jo," he says, releasing me from the hug.
"Hey, Pace. Hey, Dawson."
Hey, Jo. You ready to go?" Dawson asks.
"Yep, let's go." I follow them to the car and climb into the backseat, "So where's Andie?"
"We're going to pick her up now, actually." Dawson replies.
I smile to myself. It makes me so happy to see his face light up whenever Andie is around or even mentioned.