A/N: This chapter starts bad but ends good - Just a heads up

Chapter 5

*Eleanor's POV*

Waking up, I notice that Jeanette had already gone, last night she did say that she was meeting up with Oscar briefly, to Brittany's disappointment. I don't undertand why Brittany doesn't like him; he treats Jeanette well and he seems like a really down to earth person. I heard Brittany in the shower so I went downstairs to start making us breakfast. Think I'm going to do us scones today with Nutella inside. They're delicious.

"Morning Els" Brittany said, applying lipgloss as she came through the dining room door.

"Good-morning, scone?"

"Yes please!"

Whilst eating our scones, we went to the living room to watch something. Well, I watched whatever Brittany put on because she always wants to pick what's on. Sadly she chose 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians', that show bores me so much, not trying to sound rude but I really couldn't care less on what the Kardashians do with their lives.

"Brittany, I'm going to leave now" I said, desperate to get out.

"Oh, you're early. Alright I'll see you at school, stay safe walking"

It was typical September weather outisde, cloudy, windy but also warm. I had a jacket in my bag incase rain decided to show. Today, I wore a green and white, stripy top with a green skirt and green converse. Brittany played around with my hair this morning so instead of my usual pigtails I actually had space buns. They looked really nice with the outfit luckily. I reached into my rucsack and got out my earphones and listened to music for the long walk to school.

When arriving at school, I saw Jeanette sat on the fence by the school gates. She timidly played with the belt buckle on her shorts. She noticed me looking, hopped down from the fence and started to walk over, tripping over in the process. It seems that her clumsiness never went away, Me and Brittany were glad becaus clumsiness is what defines Jeanette.

"You alright there?" I asked her wondering

"Yeah I'm alright. Me and Oscar had a small arguement so it made me pretty upset but I'm okay" she said, with a small smile

"I'm sure it'll get sorted"

The bell rang, leaving us to have to go to our lessons. I do wish I was in Jeanette's lessons just because then I could see if she's okay throughout the day. I was extremelly relieved that I had double Food first! We're making Pizza today as this week we're doing Italy. That's my lunch sorted.

Everyone seemed slightly tense at school today, I heard that someone tried to break in early this morning. It's scary how you can't even be safe at school now. What is the world coming to? I walked down the food tech corridor, the familar baking smell hitting my nose, towards the really tiny classroom we work in now. I find it strange how they put the newer kitchen appliences in the smallest room. You'd think that they'd put in the biggest.

"Alright class, the first lesson we will be writing a method for making pizza, the next lesson we will make the pizza itself. So everyone get out their folders as well as a pen and start writing. Also copy down the ingredients off the board and into your folders." said Ms. Belle.

The annoying thing about being advanced in Food Tech is that everyone on my table, espcecially Megan, always want me to tell them the answers and even sometimes write their work for them. It gets super frustrating after a whie because all I want to do is do my work but I have them yapping in my ear like a puppies bark.

Ring. Ring. Ring. Ring.

Those 4 rings. Lockdown...

Lockdown is when the bell goes 4 times, meaning that there's someone who has broken into the school and normally have some sort of weapon. We all fell silent, none of us were really safe.

"Students, leave your work and run into the cupboard" Ms. Belle said paniced, turning off the lights and covering the door window.

Immediatly, we all ran inside the flour smelt cupboard, shivering in fear. It was a bit of a squeeze; the cupboard was made to store flour, not 8 students. I put myself in the corner of the cupboard therefore I was hidden, plus I was a chipmunk afterall so I'm obviously an ant compared to the human students.

Megan and Jodie were sat together, whispering as quiet as they could about prom dresses, Mike and Freddie where on their phones, brightness turned right down. I think it's still stupid if you ask me because there's still a gleam which means if the classroom door wasn;t covered he'd be able to see in. Francine was also sat with the girls, it seemed like she was left out though as they weren't exactly letting her have a say in anything.

Rattles as well as vicious threats were heard in the distance. He's nearby; I'm terrified. This earth really isn't safe anymore, there's been so much terrorist attacks across the world, and now there's another school stab/shooting. I hope Brittany and Jeanette are okay, what if he's got to one of them?

Looking across, I see Theodore sat on this own, knees in to his chest and head down. I always remembered that Theo was a really anxious child, and he got upset quite easily. I can't imagine how upset he is right now, knowing that this could be he last day alive, or the last day he spoke to one of his brothers. His hood was up, probably a technique to hide his tears. We may not speak, but I'm always here for him.

Quieter than the trickles of rain, I got up and headed towards Theo. He clearly needed someone right now. Without any hesitation I put my arm around him. He looked up, startled, then noticed it was me. We gave each other a smile and he automatically put his head on my shoulder.

"Are you okay Theo? You looked really upset?" I asked worriedly

"I'm just nervous, you know what I'm like. What if we don't make it through or what if my brothers have been severely injured. I can't lose them because they help me in life" he said wiping some tears, "I know I'm not 8 anymore, I'm 18 and crying but I can't help it, it's jut in my nature"

"Just cry Theo, if that's what you need to do to calm you down, then do it. I'll stay here with you and look after you, it looks like you really need it after all. Just know that I'm here for you still if you really need to cry."

"Thank you so much Eleanor!"

The door rattled. We all tensed up. The boys shoved their phones away, girls zipped their lips togther. All of us sat in silence, knowing that this could be our last breath, the last time we see everyone. There were a few knocks, louder than a gun fire, it sounded like s/he was desperate to get into this room. We heard a soft click; the door had opened. Theodore had tears spilling out, I was shaking like I had been sat in a freezer for days. Our hands connected in fear, and to comfort each other. The footsteps got louder - his breathing became noticable and we heard his muttering. We soon saw his shadow, tall and menacing, outside the door.

As he reached towards the handle, there was a loud bang. The police were here.

"Put your hands up!" He screamed, angrier than a lions growl.

We saw the action from inside the flour cupboard - the room was covered in navy blue, three police officers pounced aggressively onto the attacker. We heard the police mutter that 4 students had been lightly injured, just a cut or a light stab. They listed the names and me and Theo listend carefully, waiting for one of our siblings to be announced. Thanfully they didn't.

After 10 minutes, we were let out. They allowed us to leave lessons for a bit so me and Theo decided to hang out and catch up. It's funny how yesterday I had no interest in getting our freindship back, but it happened anyway, and I've never felt so happy.

A/N: Hope this was okay, I wanted something dramatic to happen to get Theonore to be friends :)