Title- Stay With Me.
Summary- Their lives were about to change through a tragedy, it was supposed to be the best year of their lives. Nobody was prepared for the gunman to walk into their school. Who will survive? Who will die? Will they be changed for better or worse?
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Chapter Two
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"911 what's your emergency?" A female voice says over the phone.
Luke looks down at Stacie worriedly as he tries to keep her awake. "Hello, this is Luke Stroma I am a student at Barden High School. There is a shooter in the school and my friend Stacie Conrad has been shot twice."
"Sir, I need you to calm down, we have officers right outside of the school. They are doing everything they can and should be entering the school soon." The female says softly. "What I need you to do is keep Stacie awake until the police get there. Can you do that for me?"
"Yes. Please hurry, there is so much blood." Luke says before hanging up and turning toward Stacie. "Tell me something."
Stacie lets out a strangled laugh. "Like what?"
"Well, what do plan to do after high school?" the Brit asks as he goes through a locker and brings her a bottle of water. "Take a sip of this first."
Leaning up with help from Luke, the leggy brunette takes a sip of water. "After high school I want to go to a four year college, probably Barden since the Bellas are continued there." she says softly.
Luke smiles at her as he holds her in his arms. "What do you want to study?"
"I want to be a doctor." Stacie gets out slowly, her body starting to feel weaker. "I'm tired."
Worry mixed with fear flashes into Luke's eyes as he tries to think of something. "How long have you loved Aubrey?" he blurts out.
Smiling softly Stacie looks up at him, her hazel eyes a lighter shade than they normally are. "Seventh grade. She didn't fully notice me until freshman year."
Luke holds Stacie in his arms as they continue talking, trying to keep her awake until help comes.
After a while of talking, Luke notices Stacie starting to fall asleep. "Hey, Stacie. Stace come on. Stay awake." he says shaking her slightly.
"M'tired." the brunette slurs out as she struggles to open her eyes.
"Come on Stace, you gotta stay awake for me." The Brit says softly as he lifts her slightly so she is sitting up and leaning against him.
Stacie slowly opens her eyes and looks at him. "Why you keep wakin me?" she mumbles tiredly.
"Because you need to stay awake." Luke says his green eyes conveying his worry. "How bout you sing to me."
The leggy brunette looks at him in confusion. "Sing what?"
"Whatever comes to your mind."
Taking a slow ragged breath Stacie begins to sing. "2am and she calls me cause I'm still awake. Can you help me unravel my latest mistake?"
Luke holds her close and listens as she sings, hoping and praying that the police would show up at any minute.
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Outside of Barden High School everyone was becoming emotional, their worry for the students and faculty trapped in the building rising with every passing second.
"It has been almost an hour since someone opened fired inside the halls of Barden High School. Some students and faculty managed to escape-" A reporter says staring straight at the camera, her words getting cut off as her eyes widen. "There seem to be students climbing out of windows on the third and second floor!" she yells in astonishment.
Cynthia Rose looks toward the school her heart hammering in her chest. "Nobody has seen Stacie." she says as she turns to look at the Bellas and Trebles that made it out with her.
"Is Benji okay?" A tall brunette asks as she worries her bottom lip between her teeth.
Denise wraps a calming arm around the brunette. "He's fine Emily. Him, Donald, and Jesse are locked in the gym."
Emily nods her head and leans into Denise, "How long til the police go in?" she asks looking over at Kolio, the boy had gone over to talk with an officer a few minutes ago and had just walked back over.
"They said they should be going in soon and not to worry." Kolio responds as he stands next to Flo wrapping an arm around her waist.
Flo nods her head before looking at her boyfriend. "One time my brother tried to sell me for a chicken, so I know this is a bad day for you guys."
"Excuse you?" Cynthia Rose asks trying not to jump down the girl's throat. "Being sold for a chicken is not the same as having your school shot up." she growls out.
Flo holds her hands up as if that will keep Cynthia from attacking. "I was just saying."
Just then they overhear a conversation between two police officers.
"We are tasked with getting to the locker room, you and Robin are to find Luke Stroma, he is taking care of a girl who was shot once in the leg and once in the stomach." the first officer says loud enough for the group to hear.
The taller of the two officer's nods his head. "Alright Dave, what's the girl's name?"
Dave closes his eyes knowing that the other officer would freak out. "Allen don't freak out. It's Stacie Conrad."
"The chief's daughter!" Allen yells as shock runs throughout his body.
Cynthia Rose looks up feeling as if all of the blood had run out of her body. "Did you just say Stacie Conrad?" she asks in shock.
Dave and Allen turn to look at the group not realizing they had heard the entire conversation.
"Yes, do you know her?" Allen asks looking at them, his shoulders tensed up.
Emily nods her head as she walks over and stands beside Cynthia Rose. "Yeah, she's in the Bellas with us."
"We are going to do everything we can to get her out of there." Dave says as he places a hand on Allen's shoulder trying to keep him calm.
Kolio looks at them still trying to wrap his mind around the idea of Stacie being hurt. "You said she was shot twice?" he poses as more of a question than a statement.
The taller of the two officers nods his head. "She was shot in the leg and lower abdomen."
Denise looks around at the small group of friends that made it out. "Thank you for telling us." she says before pulling and pushing everyone back to their original spot. "We have to tell the others."
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"Emily's okay right? I mean she made it out of here so that has to be a good sing. Right?" Benji asks as he paces around the gym worrying about his girlfriend.
Jesse steps in front of his friend and places his hands on Benji's shoulder. "Dude breathe. She made it outside, and she's perfectly fine. We however are still in here with a shooter roaming the halls."
"Right, right. Okay uh what should we do?" the curly haired teen asks fear edging into his voice.
Donald walks over and places a hand on Benji's back. "We hide and wait until the police come. We keep in touch with everyone if we can. And we stay strong for our girl's." he says as he thinks about Lilly.
Jesse looks at him and nods his head. "Ashley, Lilly, and Emily need us." he says in agreement.
The sound of footsteps headed their way causes them to move quickly, walking through a door and into the boy's' locker room where they are shocked to see Stacie and Luke.
"Stacie!?" Benji calls out worriedly as he runs over to them and sits on the floor while Jesse and Donald lock both doors to the locker room.
The leggy brunette smiles slightly as she tries to keep her eyes open. "Hi."