A Jock's Tale (BoyxBoy)

Chapter Ten

I let myself lean against the lockers to catch my breath. But then Katie fell to pieces right then and there. She screamed like a banshee. I wanted to cover my ears but I didn’t. My body just slid down to the floor. I watched her kick at the open locker door until it was bent out of shape with her good leg.

It was terrible to watch someone in that much pain.

This drew attention as someone was running towards us. I almost got ready to defend us when I saw who they were. Charles, Jake, Jimmy, and some others came running at once. 

Jake’s alive.

Was this the right time to think the thoughts that ran through my head at this moment. Not really. But what I thought was that it looked like didn’t have to run in here at all. Jake was good at taking care of himself. What use was I? Well I helped an injured girl and saw one of my friends dead.

They all ran to her and Jake ran to me. I couldn’t respond to anything he said. He started shouting things at me but I couldn’t hear or feel anything. I just watched him. This flesh and bone creature shouting things at me and then slapped me. Life was strange. I didn’t feel that either. It was a numbing coldness. Like when I was on vacation with my parents on ski resort. It got so cold because I was a dumb kid that forgot my gloves so they got real cold that I could barely feel anything. Or maybe it was shock.

Just what the hell was he saying to me anyway? I felt so out of it I don’t think I even felt like moving my head.

Then the others ran in my direction and I figured it out. Somewhere and somehow I got shot.

                                                                Jake

My mother was devastated and she apologized over and over again. I also wasn’t grounded anymore and she wished she never took my cell phone so I got that back too. I didn’t say anything because when I saw her. I knew I could break down now. 

I didn’t ask how they found out or who spread the news. Mostly I didn’t care because I needed them.

So that was what I did but at the hospital. My dad was there next and he held us both while we all fell to the ground. We weren’t the only other ones. 

Some of the injured were screaming from the shock and the pain. This was something I wouldn’t wish on anyone. These were screams that was going to take weeks to get out of my head.

What happened was a group of kids that ranged from freshman to sophomore made a blood pack with each other. They were miserable and depressed teenagers that only wanted their parents love. Parents that worked long shifts or were abusive? It didn’t matter the reason or why they did it. They did it and I felt no mercy for them right now. 

This was a shock to everyone because this was such a nice town and a great school. The thing was, it can happen anywhere. No matter how green the grass looks, the chance is still there. No place was perfect so there were no exceptions. 

I had lost two friends. I watched Nick get shot protecting Katie who was shot in the leg. Thankfully that was going to mend and would be back on her own two feet again. Andrea was the one that ran off to draw the attention of the shooter away from us. 

By the way the shooter had a ski mask on and I could tell it was a boy. Not that it really mattered of course. They targeted kids they envied at first but then because murder causes a bloodlust, the targets didn’t matter anymore. I didn’t know Andrea was dead until later. A lot of things weren’t told until hours after. I stayed by Katie’s bedside and told her myself. 

Not a story I want to repeat. 

The dead count was twenty-two for students and teachers. Even poor Miss. Roberts who was defending the students in the library was one of them. I felt even worse and I just didn’t want to hear anymore.

Danny was hurt only because he was shot in his side. I didn’t see the blood at first but the look on his face was too vacant to just be in shock. He lost a lot of blood. If it weren’t for Katie screaming for help we may have never found him. I stayed with him holding his hand and kept him awake while Jimmy ran for help. It wasn’t anything too serious because even he was going to be up and about again soon. Daniel stuck with him like white on rice. We nodded to each other when we saw each other in passing.

Heck too much happened in a blur that my mind couldn’t absorb every detail. 

I was there when Charles fought off the other shooter. That was the sucker that went to jail and how the story got out. When I had yelled at Charles back then I didn’t realize well enough what he was doing. He wasn’t going to stop fighting. The rest of us were going to run to the police sirens but we weren’t going to leave him. He was right to stand and fight. 

I gave blood to help the wounded as did both my parents. It turned out a lot of people followed our example.

We all in a our own ways did something brave that day.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :( so yeah finally that scene is over. More drama is on the way sadly but hey, this story kind of told itself! And I am trying to upload faster because my laptop is being super annoying with it freezing up randomly thing. Got the dreaded blue screen today. So I want to get as much of the story out as possible. Anyways thank you guys for taking the time out for reading. I have been using my wifi phone watching the reads climb. Also I have seen 2 people (you know who you are) add my story here to their reading lists and that makes me equally happy. So freezing screen and blue screen hardly dampen my spirits because of you guys. Thank you!