How It Happened

The shooting.

Believe me when I say it was a normal day. There I was sitting in art class drawing, when I heard it.
Bang! Bang!
Gun shots filled the air, no one knew what to do, until it was too late. They were in the room shooting and killing all of my class mates. I hid amongst the body's, hoping the shooters wouldn't notice, they didn't.
I looked over and my best friend Alex was doing the same thing as me, hiding. He came over to me once the shooters left.
"Lizzie, are you OK? Are you hurt?" He said.
" I'm good, but we need to get out of here!" I exclaimed
" First we need to find Hayden" He said.
Hayden is Alex's new girlfriend. I had always had mixed emotions about Alex, but he would never know, at least not till I was sure how I felt. Hayden and I were friends, but for some reason I resented her, again its the mixed emotions.
" Fine, but we need to hurry"I said.
We climbed the stairs, quietly and quickly. We were almost to the doors to exit the school, when there was a gun shot. Alex was hit, I didn't know where,but he was bleeding heavily.
I turned to help him up, but he pushed me away.
" Run! Get out of the building! GO! I'll be right behind you." He called.
I turned and ran to the doors. I was rushed away by the cops as soon as I was out. I heard another gun shot, and turned to see Alex go down. He got hit again.
" NOOO!" I screamed.
I turned and tried to go to him, but the cop had a strong grip on my arm. I was taken to an ambulance. There was my other best friend, Sondra.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
"N-no." I sobbed.
I told her exactly what happened, and broke into heavy tears. Before she could say anything I turned and walked away, and sat on the ground, in the grass.
Hayden walked over to me and asked if I was okay, of course I told her what happened to Alex, she didn't even shed a tear.
" He was your boyfriend, and you don't even look the slightest sad." I cried.
She turned to the nearest guy and started flirting.
"YOUR SUCH A WHORE." I screamed.
"Excuse me?" She questioned.
"Your boyfriend just died and your flirting with the nearest guy? YOUR A W-H-O-R-E, A WHORE." I exclaimed.
She turned and walked away. About ten minutes later I hear a voice.
"Mind if I sit with you?"
I looked up, with tears still in my eyes, to see Alex, bandaged in two places, his upper arm and his shoulder.
I jumped up and hugged him, then backed up.
He has a girlfriend. A voice in the back of my head said.
"How are you alive! You should be dead!" I said.
"I was faking, wasn't actually dead." He said. "By the way, Hayden and I are over."
"But I thought you really liked her?" I asked.
"Sondra told me what happened. Thanks for sticking up for me." He said.
"Of course."
He sat with me in the grass with out backs leaning on the staircase to the school. I laid my head on his good shoulder and he leaned his on the top of my head.
"I'm sorry you thought I was dead. I didn't know what else to do." He said.
"All that matters is that you okay." I said.
He took my hand in his, and held it.
We sat there till my older brother came up to us. Robbie, my brother, had brought me clean clothes.
" ahem!" He coughed.
He cleared his throat to get our attention.
I jumped up and thanked him for the clothes. Once I took them he left, he had to go back to work. My mother would be there soon anyways. He didn't need to stay.
I left and changed, only to come back and see the Alex had changed too. We sat back down and stayed there till it was okay for everyone to leave.
"I'll text you later, I think we all need some rest." I said.
"Yeah, I'll talk to you later" He said.
He walked over and hugged me, and before he walked away, he kissed me on the cheek.
"Good bye." He said as he walked away with his mother and little sister.
My face turned all shades of red as I walked to my mom's car. I was going to get some rest, and then most definitely text him later. Who knew what he'd have to say about what happened today.
Maybe, just maybe, he would want this to be the start of something.