The Shooting

Safe

A bullet shot across the room in the direction of almost everyone.
Brandon ducked out of instinct as he heard it shoot past his head.
A deep painful silence suddenly filled the room as everyone stood dead still.
The bullet had hit Nick.
It entered through his shoulder causing him to fly off of mat.
Mariana, still gun in hand, breathed heavily, her eyes were wide realising what she had just done.
Callie looked to her and stared at him in almost fear. Like she was capable of such destruction, a power they wouldn't of even thought she could have.
Just then a soldier entered the room followed by another. Black helmets and black gear, guns in their hands.
Everyone's heart dropped. It's strange how you know that the soldiers were there to help and yet they all felt like they would be shot.
The SWAT team must've got a description of Nick because they all went to him rather than to Mariana, who was the one holding the gun. 
"Put your hands on your back!" One man yelled as he pointed his jet black gun at nicks back.
Nick groaned from the pain caused by the bullet. He placed his hands on his back then a guard pressed his knee hard on his back and cuffed his hands together with a zip tie.
Another group of officers entered the room. Familiar ones. Stef and mike were there and another guy which  Brandon recognised.
Stef lowered her gun then walked over to Mariana.
Stef stared her in the eyes as she took the gun from her hand slowly.
Once it was out of her hand Stef leaped forward and wrapper her arms around her daughter. Mariana cried hard into her shoulder as the others listened.
"Hey, b" Mike said calmly then hugged Brandon tightly like in his mind that hug never was gonna happen. Like he would never see his son again.
"What happened to your arm?" Mike asked in sudden shock. 
Brandon swallowed. "Um, I got shot."
Mike looked at the bandage then hugged him again.
Stef walked over to Callie as Mariana fell into Jesus and continued to cry. 
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry" Stef whispered in her ear as she held her.
Callie closed her eyes as tears began to pool in them.
The SWAT team left with them almost carrying nick in their custody. He could barely keep up as they dragged him down the halls to outside.
"Do- where's Jude?" Callie asked nervously.
"He's ok, he's outside with Mama and the other students. Everyone's ok."
Callie's mind flash backed to the dead girl in the hall way. How she just laid in silence as blood ran from her innocence. It would break an entire family.
Stef kissed Callie on the forehead softly as she began to follow the guards out. Jesus held Mariana in his grip as they followed mike out.
Mat helped Zoe up from the ground and he practically had to carry her from the room.
All that were left was Brandon, Callie and the familiar cop.
Callie and Brandon both began to walk side by side out of the room.
Callie looked down at Brandon's hand then grabbed it and held it tight.
Brandon looked down on their hands  slightly nervously and shocked. Almost asking what she was doing.
But the feeling of her hand in his took away the pain of everything. The situation, the bullet wound, the fear. It was like medicine.
Brandon and Callie walked out of the school like soldiers. Once they were out nearly every eye was on them.
'The kids that stopped the shooter' it was almost like they were heroes.
Lena looked across to Stef then back to Brandon and Callie and their hands. Stef knew that what they had wasn't fake or fast. Through everything it all came back to Brandon and Callie and how they would just save each other.
Stef and Lena were both amazed by how long it took for them to realise that.
"Brandon!" Yelled an axioms full of worry voice.
Brandon turned to see Courtney running towards him.
Brandon let go of Callie's hand as his girlfriend  wrapped his arms around him tightly.
Callie looked up at they two then turned and continued walking alone.
Brandon looked up at Callie and she turned her head to see him. Brandon swallowed then Callie looked away.
"Are you ok? I saw the news I was so worried." Cort asked concerned.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Brandon replied then continued to hug her.
Mariana sat down next to Jesus at the back of one of the cops cars watching nick being takes away in another.
Jesus stared out to him like his entire life was a lie, their entire friendship was a lie.
"How does some one do that?" Jesus asked in frustration.
Callie watched as nick was being forced into the car by the guards.
"I don't know."
There was a silence then Callie spoke again.
"I'm sorry."
Jesus swallowed then looked down as his eyes began to become glassy with tears.
"Where's Brandon?" He asked looking up to her.
Callie looked away. "Uh, with Cort."
Jesus chucked softly as his shoulders raised.
Callie turned to him in confusion.
"What?"
"Nothing, it's just" he began. "I see the way you tow look at each other..."
Callie thought about denying these accusations but what was the point. Her moms already knew her and Brandon has sex, it shouldn't even matter any more.
Callie pushed herself off of the car.
"I have to go find Jude."
Jesus nodded. "Yeah, I should probably go find Mariana, can't be easy for her. "
Callie was about to walk away when she stopped and looked down at the ground then back him.
"Thank you." She said calmly.
Jesus turned to her and frowned.
"For today, you, you ..." Her words faded away but Jesus knew what she meant."thank you."
Jesus gave a small smile then nodded.