It Was A Mistake, But I am Unbroken Now - Demi Lovato - Book 1

Chapter 22: Stop The World - Edited

Demi Lovato Fan Fiction

Book 1: It Was A Mistake But I am Unbroken Now

Book 2: Here We Go Again When Two Worlds Collide

Book 3: Love is Loud Enough to Stop Hate

Book 4: That's How You Know to Believe in Me

Chapter 22: Stop the World

It took everything Dylan had to hold me back. I was ignored all the pain in my stomach because all I could think about was getting to Maria. I could hear the ambulance coming. They weren't coming fast enough. The principal was next to Maria and another teacher was trying to stop the bleeding. She didn’t have to take that bullet for me. I’ve already been stabbed I can handle being shot too. All my rational thinking went out the window because all I wanted to do was save my friend. She’s already stuck up for me and risked being bullied in order to help me, and now she’s risked her life too.

-Maria's View-

I couldn't let Kayla take the fall....or...bullet. Everyone was going everywhere at once as soon as the trigger was pulled. Dylan and the nurse were trying to wheel Kayla away, but they wouldn't have been fast enough. While they were distracted, I quickly stepped in front of the path of the bullet. Everyone's been saying that it's up to Kayla to fix this, and maybe it is, but all of us had a part in this. I am one of the first people who ever stood up for her. All I wanted to be was her friend and I was okay with getting bullied for that. I was also okay with taking a bullet for her if it meant she doesn’t have to suffer anymore.

It felt like I was standing there forever. I've always heard that's how moments like this were. Your life flashes before your eyes and it seems like time is going in slow motion. Nobody was watching me. They were all concentrated on either Zane or Kayla so I knew that no one was going to stop me. I didn't want anyone to stop me. It was either me getting shot or Kayla, and I wasn't going to let it be Kayla.

When the bullet finally hit me, I got a surge of pain in my left side. It made me fly back what seemed like many feet and I hit the ground, not able to breathe. Between the fall and the bullet, the wind was knocked out of me....and I was unconscious. Before I closed my eyes, I looked over to my left and saw Kayla fighting to get to me. I smiled with the little energy that was left in me. Kayla was okay...

-Anastasia's View-

I've been feeling scared all day. Not that that was abnormal, but Zane has been saying for days that there was going to be an assembly and it was about us. The bullies. I never wanted to be a bully. My family has been through so much, and Zane is all I have left. I don't want to disappoint him. I couldn't tell him that I liked Kayla or that I felt sorry for her or that I wished Zane would stop bullying her and the rest of the students. I admired them actually, for everything that they have done. They have survived my brother. They were determined to stop bullying, but I didn't know how well it was going to work. Zane was a very stubborn person.

That afternoon while in English class, an announcement was made and we all headed towards the gym. Zane was right, there was an assembly. I walked slowly in the gym and Zane walked down the bleachers just to drag me back up them to where they were sitting...and where I was forced to sit. Everything was going fine, that is, until Kayla walked in.....or rather, wheeled in. I knew she was in the hospital, I watched the whole thing, but I didn't know she was going to be here. I figured she would skip the whole thing. She was escorted by the mystery guy and a nurse.

Her speech almost made me cry. I wanted to, but I saw Zane looking at me so I held it in. Maria's not the only one who saw what the bullying did to Kayla. Everyone saw it. Everyone! Except everyone else was too scared to say it...Maria and Dylan were the exceptions. I wouldn't really include Dylan to be a complete hero though. He may have liked Kayla, but he was more concerned with the bullying. He did after all move.