Two months had passed. For the last week Riley had been throwing up. She figured it was just the flu bug that had been going around. She was going to go to the doctor after school. She woke up to the alarm clock going off. Jesse reached over and turned it off.
"Riley it's time to get up." Jesse said.
"Ok." "I'm gonna be sick." She got up and ran to the bathroom. She threw up. Jesse came to the bathroom door.
"Honey if you're this sick stay home." "Courtney can find a sub for you."
"Jesse's there's only two weeks until mid-terms." "I have to prep the students."
"I want you to call me right after the doctor."
"Ok."
"If she says to take it easy will you at least listen to her?"
"Yes."
"Good."
"I hope I don't give you what I have."
"I'll be fine I never get sick."
"Alright."
"Want me to come over and make you some chicken soup tonight?"
"Sure." Riley brushed her teeth.
"Damn."
"What?"
"I forgot my grade book at home." "I have to get it." Jesse quickly got dressed. "I'll see you at school."
"Ok."
The bell had just rung for Riley's second period class to start.
"Ok guys make sure you pay attention this will be on the mid-term." Riley said.
Suddenly they all heard a loud bang like a firecracker or gunshot. It was hard to tell where it was coming from. It sounded kind of far away but definitely in the school. A few seconds later they all heard the same noise again.
"Everyone stay here." Riley said.
Riley went out into the hall. Very cautiously she walked down the hall and turned left. She went down another hall and turned right. There she saw two students laying on the ground in pools of blood. She bent down to check them. They'd been shot. They were dead.
"Hello?" She said in a whisper to see if everyone needed help. She heard someone moan painfully. She looked further up the hall and saw Ashley laying on the ground. She knelt down beside her. She'd been shot in the stomach. "Oh my god." "No."
"Run." Ashley said weakly. "Get out."
"No we need to get you help."
"I don't…want you to…die to."
"You're not gonna die." Ashley shut her eyes. "Ashley?" Riley heard two more gunshots. She knew she had to get back to her classroom where her cell phone was and call for help.
Riley got up and cautiously but quickly went down the hall in the direction she'd just come from. She turned left. Ten feet ahead of her she noticed a man coming out of one of the side hallways. He turned and saw her. He had on all black with some sort of ammo strapped to his chest. Riley could only assume they were shotgun shells since he had a shotgun. Riley recognized him. He used to be the school guidance counselor. He was fired last month for making sexual advances towards the female students. His name was Stan Knable. He raised the shotgun and aimed it at Riley. She turned to run. He shot her high up in the back. She fell landing on her side. Stan took out a handgun, went up to her and shot her again in the chest.
Meanwhile Jesse was in his classroom. He told all of his students to get under there desks. They were giving another teacher refuge that had been shot. Hiding under his desk Jesse tried to call Riley. Someone picked it but it wasn't her.
"Hello?" "Hello?" A frighten girls voice said. "Please, please help us."
"Who is this?" Jesse asked.
"Melanie Jacobs."
"Where's Miss Bennett?"
"I don't know." "When we heard the bangs she went to go check them and she hasn't came back."
"Melanie listen, there's someone in the school with a shotgun." "Turn off the lights and tell everyone to get under there desks."
"Someone turn off the lights and everyone get under your desks." She said to everyone. "There's a maniac roaming the halls with a shotgun." "I'm scared."
"I'm scared to." Riley's class should here sirens approaching.
"The cops are coming."
Stan ended up killing himself in his old office.
A half hour later medical personal were bringing out bodies and the injured. Jessie still couldn't find Riley. He saw EMT's wheeling out someone. As he looked closer he saw it was Riley. He went running over to her. She was unconscious and had an oxygen mask on.
"Sir you need to stay back." One of them said.
"She's my fiancée."
"What's her name?"
"Riley Bennett."
The other EMT grabbed the radio on his uniform. "What's the ETA on that helicopter?" "We need it here now." "This woman's injuries are to critical."
"Two minutes." The voice on the other end of the line said.
John was in his hotel room. A "Breaking News" bulletin came across the TV.
"Breaking news." The woman behind the anchor said. "There was been a mass shooting in San Francisco, California at Valley High School." "Leaving seven dead and seven critically injured."
"Valley High?" John thought. "That's where Riley teaches."
John took out his cell phone and called Riley. There was no answer. John made another call.
"Hello." He said. "I need to book a seat on your next flight to San Francisco." "It's an emergency."