Created Character- Addy Press
Relation to soccer star- daughter
Created character age- 14
Word count- 3365
(Preath is in this btw)
Addy
I woke up, not ready to start my day at school.
I'm a 8th grader at John Burroughs Middle School in LA.
I rolled over in my bed, turning my alarm off.
Groaning, I started to get ready for the day.
I brushed my teeth, washed my face, did my makeup, change, everything.
Now I could finally eat.
"Morning mom." I yawned, reaching the end of the stairs.
"Good morning Adds!" She exclaimed, already having too much energy for me.
Like it's 7 am, how are you so awake?
Tobin on the other hand, was just like me.
She was sitting on the counter's stool, head in hands.
She's not a morning person.
"Morning Tobito." I laughed at her exhaustion.
She looked at me, smiled, and said, "Morning Speedy."
"Hey, Kelley and Alex are coming over today." Mom told me, placing a plate of food in front of me.
"Okay. What for?"
"Me and Tobs are going out tonight." She said, kissing my forehead.
"I don't need a babysitter, mom. Or in fact, two." I laughed.
"I know, but I mentioned it and they said they wanted to spend time with you."
"Think of it as more of a.. hangout. You love them, right?" Now Tobin joined our conversation.
"Of course." I replied.
"So it should be fun! You get to hang with two of your favorite aunts, doing stuff that'll make us" she motioned to her and mom. "Regret letting them come here." She grinned, taking a bite of food.
Mom grinned and rolled her eyes at her fiancé's childishness.
"I never said it wouldn't be fun." I held my hands up in surrender, smiling.
"Okay well Adds, get in the car or you'll be late to school." My mom exclaimed.
I agreed and walked out to the car.
Not long later, mom came out, and we started driving.
Then all of a sudden I had a weird feeling in my stomach.
I decided to ignore it and carried on.
By this time, we had pulled up, near my school.
We don't go in the parking lot, since it's a one way drive and very crowded.
"Have a good day, baby. Either Kelley or Alex will pick you up. Maybe both." My mom told me, kissing my cheek.
"Thanks. See you later." I smiled, getting out of the car.
I waved as she drove off.
Meeting my friend, Quinn at our normal spot, I couldn't ignore the weird feeling anymore.
"Hey Quinny." I smiled, skipping towards my best friend.
"Hi Addy!" She hugged me. "Are you ready for Hunt?"
"Never."
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"Alright everyone, put everything away, pop quiz." Mr Hunt announced, making everyone groan.
Hunt's tests suck. He grades poorly, doesn't teach us, and relies on an outdated textbook. He gets the quizzes from the state, so most of what is on there, isn't even in our books.
I have him for period 7 Science, so that's really saying something.
Almost everyone always fails. He's the reason I don't have my 4.00 GPA.
But we had to obey, so my whole class put their supplies away, leaving just a pencil.
He handed the quizzes out. I got one good look, and knew I was done for.
I looked over to my very good friend and shoulder partner, Gunjan, who was actually smart.
She looked dumbfounded as well.
"I hate this class." I mumbled, sliding my head into my hands.
The first question was;
The nucleus synthesizes all of the following except __________.
rRNA
mRNA
tRNA
proteins
I don't even know what any of those things are.
I decided to choose proteins, since I like eating peanut butter, which has protein.
That's when this one annoying ass kid, Rudy, shouted out, "Ey! Mr Hunt! Watch this!"
"Rudy. Sit down or scrub." Mr Cunt, sorry, hunt, demanded.
When he said scrub, he meant scrub gum off the pavement outside.
Gaining the classes attention, Rudy didn't care what Mr Hunt had to say. He reached into his backpack, and pulled out something black, and metal.
I didn't know what it was until he pointed it at our teacher, and shot him straight in the head.
Holy fuck. That's a gun.
The whole class was silent. The shot made a loud banging noise, and now our teacher was on the floor, bleeding out.
We would probably learn more just looking at his dead body than what he taught us this year.
But no time for jokes, this is serious.
"Well guys? The cunt is dead! No more test for us! Saved by the shot!" Rudy shouted out, dancing around, gun still in his hand.
He wanted people to like him so badly.
"Rudy, what the actual fuck! You just killed our teacher!" One of my classmates, Luke, screamed.
Because of Luke's actions, Rudy got a little pissed at the boy. He never really liked him.
So Rudy pointed the gun at poor Luke, and the loud bang was heard once again.
I held my hands to my mouth, wanting this to be one big nightmare.
Several of my classmates were crying, terrified.
Nobody dare spoke, not after what happened to Luke.
Rudy began pointing the gun at innocent children, killing all the ones he didn't like.
I almost burst out crying when he came to me.
I was never mean to him, but I never stood up for him when he was being bullied.
Hey, he deserved it. He's a racist, little fat monkey.
"You." He scowled. "I never liked you. Your mom may be famous, but I could kill you and have no shame."
His teeth were gritting, making me so fucking scared.
I could die right now.
Where the fuck are these teachers!?!?
"Rudy, please. I'll do anything-" I begged, when another one of those big shots fired.
I thought I was done for.
But I was relieved when I found myself in immense pain, holding my arm, which he shot.
He moved on. I don't know why he didn't kill me, but I am so fucking thankful he didn't.
I guess now he was finished with our class.
"Now excuse me, I have some more people to kill." And with that, he left the room.
I can't believe that just happened.
There were 7 of my classmates on the floor, dead. Counting Mr Hunt, 8.
I was the only one who was shot that wasn't killed, so several of my classmates tried to help me.
Gunjan was holding me, trying to calm me down.
It wasn't working. My arm felt like it was gonna fall off.
My other friend, Shotaro, let me use his shirt to wrap my it, thankfully. If he didn't, I probably wouldn't have my arm right now.
The room was starting to really smell like dead people.
"We should hide. Just in case he comes back." My other classmate, Ryan suggested.
"Good idea." My friend Makena agreed.
All 15 of us hid around the classroom, me trying to mumble my cries.
So many more gunshots were heard outside. So many.
My right arm was numb. Because of this, I quickly got out my phone, and started texting my mom, with my left hand only.
MOM 😎⚽️
Somw kid is shootibg uk thw scgool
I hope you could tell I didn't care about my spelling in that moment.
MOM 😎⚽️
WHAT
WHERE ARE YOU??
ARE YOU OKAY??
ADDY ANSWER ME
ADDY
ADDY ANSWER NOW
I'm okay, he shot my arm tho
It's numb
And bleeding really badly
It hurts
MOM 😎⚽️
I'm coming
Keep talking to me, ok?
Ok
MOM 😎⚽️
I'm here. There are police officers and ambulances outside. What room are you in?
20
He killed mr hunt
And like 7 other kids
I'm with Gunjan
And Makena
I don't know if Quinn's ok
MOM 😎⚽️
Baby if you start to get dizzy or something tell me okay?
Yup
Several hours passed, until I heard another shot, but this time it was much closer.
In fact, right outside our door.
"You guys thought I was done with you, huh?" The horrible voice of Rudy Johnson echoed through the tiny room.
Nobody answered.
"Don't forget, Andre, you were always an asshole to me."
He walked towards one of my classmates, Andre, and pointed the gun straight at him.
That's when the new victim had enough.
"Fuck it, Rudy! I am not letting no fat boy be the last thing I see!" Andre stood up.
And with that, he grabbed the gun, saving us all.
But Rudy didn't go up without a fight.
They were kicking and punching, both fighting for the weapon.
Eventually Shotaro, Ryan, and another classmate, Jacob joined in.
All trying to help Andre, they eventually pulled Rudy away from the metal gun.
Andre, beging the tallest and most muscular, pointed the gun at its owner.
"Hands up. Walk outside, turn yourself in. Or I shoot." He demanded.
Rudy obeyed, knowing Andre well enough to know that he would actually shoot.
The rest of us, not knowing what to do, followed.
Andre walked with Rudy at gunpoint to the front of the school, where the officers, parents, and paramedics were.
The principal made an announcement on the speaker, telling everyone the shooter had been caught and it was safe to go home now, but only 10 minutes after Rudy had been handcuffed.
So many parents were outside. All had worried, terrified, shocked, or all, looks on their faces.
Seeing me with a bloody shirt around my arm, some paramedics instantly took me to an ambulance.
"Where's my mom? I need my mom. Please, let me find my mom first." I said a bit sloppily.
"Ma'am, you're bleeding out. We have to get you checked right now or you could pass out."
It was true, I have been bleeding for the past few hours.
Although the shirt helped a little, none of us knew what we were doing, so I doubt we wrapped it correctly.
"So many.. dead people." I dragged out, getting more tired by the second.
"How many?" A lady asked.
"8 in my room." I said, barely above a whisper.
"Hey, kid. You gotta stay awake from me, okay? Can you tell me your name?" A man asked this time.
"Uh.." I forgot my name. Damn.
After a second, I remembered it, and realized what he asked. "Addy."
"Okay Addy, You're gonna be okay, alright? Just keep your eyes open." He told me, injecting something in to me after placing me on the medical bed.
I was too out of it to tell what it was.
I could see my friends watching from beside their parents.
"Please.. I want my mom." I told the officers, just needing a hug from her so badly.
That's when I fell forward a little bit, being too weak to hold my body up any more.
Thankfully, the guy caught me before I hit the ground.
"O-kay. Lay down here, your mom will be here any minute now." He placed an oxygen mask on my face as I laid down on the medical bed.
"Yay." I mumbled, moving my arm into a little cheer.
Wrong move, the pain increased a lot. Now it felt like a hole was burning through my arm.
"Ow!" I yelled out, now wide awake.
"Hey, you're okay. Put your arm back down." The lady nurse demanded, putting something on it. Again, I was too out of it to know what it was.
"Oh my gosh, Addy!" My mother's beautiful voice rang through my ears.
I smiled to myself, too weak to move.
The nurse noticed my slight grin, and invited her to come inside the ambulance to see me.
"Hi mom." I said, barely audible.
Her face was full of worry as she rubbed my cheek with her thumb.
"Is she going to be okay?" She asked the two paramedics.
"She will. Her arm is bleeding out, and has been for a while so she might go unconscious, but that most likely won't happen." The woman informed my mom.
I could hear her sigh of relief as the doctors ushered her out, needing the room.
Eventually they were done, and I was more awake now. They added some blood to me or something, I don't even know.
But, they wrapped my arm, and told me I'm going to have a scar there, forever.
Maybe it'll be kick ass. Who knows.
They just let me out of the ambulance, where my mom was waiting for me.
"I'm so glad you're not hurt worse. You scared me half to death when I got your text." She wrapped her arms around me, giving me a much needed hug.
"Mom, I saw so many people die today." I cried, not really caring about what she had to say.
Without any words, all she did was hug me tighter.
Seeing as most of the children were outside, the ones who weren't made their parents faces grow into tremendous worry.
"How many people died?" I asked my mom in a low whisper.
"32 got shot.. but some may live."
Holy fuck.
"Let's go home, okay baby?" She suggested, getting out of the hug I never wanted to end.
"Okay." I mumbled, shocked at this whole situation.
I was about to take a fucking hard test, how did all of this end up happening?
We got in the car, and started driving home.
"Tobin, Al, and Kelley are all at home, they're so scared for you. I should probably update them." She chuckled at her own stupidity.
I think she was trying to lighten the mood a little bit. It wasn't really working, considering I just saw 7 classmates and my teacher die. Not to mention the fact that I actually thought my life was over for a minute.
Once we were at a red light, Mom quickly sent everyone a text that I was alright and we were headed home.
"They're all very relieved." She laughed awkwardly.
I did crack a little smile, happy I had some people who cared for me.
Eventually, the drive came to an end, and we pulled into our driveway.
I carefully got out, having to use my left hand for everything since my right arm was still numb.
The walk in was quiet, neither of us knew what to say.
Until we opened the door, where we were met with three tear-stained faces.
"Oh my gosh, you scared us so badly." A relieved Alex was the first to talk, bringing me into another much needed hug.
"Yeah, don't ever do that again." Kelley came into the hug.
"Wasn't planning on it." I whispered, still exhausted.
Tobin was still patiently waiting on the couch, for some reason.
She looked confused.
"What happened to your arm?" She asked worriedly.
That's when the two other older girls noticed as well.
I looked down at the wrap, which the wound was starting to bleed through.
"I got.. uh.. shot."
All their eyes went wide.
"What?! Chris, you didn't tell us about that part!" Tobin shouted, now walking over.
She held up my arm, examining it.
"How much does it hurt?" She asked.
"I don't know. It's numb." I replied, quietly.
"I'm so sorry, Speedy."
Tobin took me from the other two, kneeling down a little to more my height. She wrapped her arms around me, being cautious of my own arm.
It was nice, just being with her. Being with all of them, my favorite people.
We decided to watch a little on the news, to get some more information about the topic.
"29 people were killed, with 3 people injured in this horrible incident. The shooter, Rudy Johnson, a 8th grade student here at John Burroughs Middle school, has been taken into custody and will be arrested soon enough. My prayers are out to the families who lost a loved one today, nobody deserves this." A woman news reporter spoke.
Then a man added on. "But here's the story, of how it all happened.
It was seventh period at John Burroughs middle school, and students had just gotten back from brunch. Rudy Johnson, a 13 year old boy, had science, in room 20, with Robert Hunt.
For many reasons, Rudy and his classmates disliked Robert, all year long. And he decided he had enough.
Rudy brought a pistol, a GLOCK 19 to be exact, to school that day, already having his plans sorted.
The students were supposed to take a test that day, but Rudy wasn't too happy about that. He interrupted the class, by pulling out his gun from his bag. After shooting his teacher, straight in the head, he went for classmates.
Andre Bowman, a student in the classroom at that time, and the supposed 'savior', told us, "He started shooting kids. Luke Hernandez was his first victim, after shouting out that Rudy was crazy. Then he went for the kids he didn't like. I saw my friends Carlos, Keegan, and Oskar die today."
He killed 8 people from one classroom, almost killing another girl, but just shot her in the arm.
That's when the police came. They entered the school, but Rudy was sneaky. He silently went from classroom to classroom, killing innocent children and adults. Here are all the names of the victims;
Carlos Mendoza
Luke Hernandez
Robert Hunt
Kara Nguyen
Keegan Tanger
Oskar Metzler
Kaia Costa
Daisy Abrams
Katelyn Meyers
Kein Meyers
Sherilyn Zammit
Sarah Sullivan
Mark Egons
Dax Reach
Caoimhe Massey
Teagan Welsch
Spencer White
Leilani Melina
Jacob Ogaz
Kamille Sangha
Kate Demarquez
Josh Castillo
Mark Manques
Manny Segura
Cora Fischer
Andy Peterson
Micheal Peterson
Micheal Kovaris
Shane Kaws
He went back to his classroom, only to try and take the lives of more children.
Without a teacher or guardian, the kids in room 20 took action.
Andre Bowman grabbed the gun before Rudy could fire, fighting him for it.
A few classmates joined in, trying to help Andre but also trying to not get shot.
They successfully gained possession, making Rudy surrender.
They held him at gunpoint, bringing him outside to where the cops were.
Rudy Johnson was successfully arrested, thanks to the brave souls of room 20."
Mom turned the tv off once the story ended, knowing it was all a little much for me.
I was sitting on the couch, still shocked this all happened.
I laid my head on mom's shoulder as she wrapped her arms around me.
"Im so sorry about your friends. None of them deserved this." Mom told me.
I didn't hesitate letting the tears fall.
I knew she knew Teagan and Caoimhe. She loved them. Also being really good at soccer, I played with them for several years. They were some of my best friends, and had so much potential. Their dreams were to go pro one day, and I hate to see it not come true.
Katelyn, Kaia, Keegan, and Kara were also some close friends. I'll never forget any of them.
The five of us just sat there, taking in the whole situation.
This morning everything was normal, and now it'll never be the same again.
"We should go to bed, okay? It's late and you need rest." Mom whispered in my ear, playing with my soft hair.
"Okay." I mumbled, barely above a whisper.
Forgetting about food, we both said our goodnights to the other three adults in the room, and went upstairs.
Mom helped me change and shower because of my arm, and was kind enough to take care of my hair for me.
By the time I crawled into her bed, not wanting to be alone, I was already exhausted.
Today was too much for my liking.
"Hey baby?" Mom whispered as I cuddled into her.
"Hm?" I hummed, too tired to do anything else.
"I'm sorry this day had to turn out like this. I'm never letting you go through that again." She wrapped her arms around me.
For the first time today, I truly smiled a little bit.
After turning the lights out, she kissed my forehead, and we went to sleep.