danger

Chapter 16

These words started echoing around the room. How could I be the murderer? Leah was my best friend! Did anybody else think that it was it just Charlotte? Would she spread rumors? How long until everybody thinks like her?
- Of course I didn't believe her, Rach, you know that, don't you?
- Yeah, of course
But that was the moment that a girl in a black mask that covered her full face and hair came inside with something inside a bag. Nobody said a thing. But then, the girl went to the table we were sitting in and grabbed a magazine. Then, she took out what she was hiding in the bag. At that point everyone was looking.
It was a knife.
Lia got up really fast and started running, while Liv and I hid behind some other people. The girl just stood there, staring at Lia.
Liv got up and walked to Lia. Then, they started running, but I couldn't move. I was too scared to.
And that's when it happened. The girl stabbed the two of them, leaving Lia unconscious and Liv with a huge cut on her leg and a broken arm.
I immediately called an ambulance, which arrived soon. The paramedics took the twins to the hospital and I called their parents. I also called mine, and they picked me up to take me to the hospital, where I could stay with them.
The next day at school, people started to ask me how was the attack to the twins, but I didn't give details to anyone. But someone had started a rumor that the attacker was a student from our school.
As soon as I arrived at home, my parents said that the teachers had opened the option for students to take online classes instead of going to school. Of course my parents wanted me to stay home, and I wanted to be safe too.
For a while, I took online classes at the hospital, helping the twins with the work they had to do. I never told them that, but I felt guilty for what happened to them, because, maybe if I had done something, they would be alright. Even when they started recovering and eventually could leave the hospital, I couldn't just ignore this fact. Even when I had other things to worry about. Even if I was missing things that were just in front of me. Even if I was becoming less safe. Or maybe I wasn't. Nothing was for sure. Everything and everyone were not to be trusted at that point.