Silence

Chapter 32

           My dad picks me up and runs into the locker room with me even though I needed to make sure my friends were okay. I then to move but he pulls me back and tells me to be quiet and tells some guys on the team to watch me.

"Wait where are you going?" I ask him and he tells me to shush.

"No dad you can't"!" I say and pull him as if I'm a little kid again but he kisses my head and tells me he loves me. He walks out to make sure other students are okay not caring if he was going to get shot or not. He always put other safety before his and that's the things I love about my dad.

But unfortunately, the thought of losing him triggered something in me that thought that I should have a panic attack. I began to breathe heavily while crying then my chest starts hurting and I can't see. 

"Josie," I think I hear someone say but I'm not sure and I feel my body getting lighter as I pass out. 

           I wake up with a fan in my face and someone throwing water on my face and it's Martin and some other dudes. Even guys from the other team are helping me out I then slowly get up and look around.

"Josie you were out for like ten minutes," Martin says and then I realize where I am.

"Oh my god is my dad, okay I need to go now," I say but they all stop me.

"He said to keep you here but he's fine he texted us while you were out saying the cops caught the guy but unfortunately he shot some kids and they have to go to the hospital but the school's on lockdown for now" some dude says and I'm relieved that my dad is okay but I'm terrified.

Anyone of those students could be any of my friends any of them could be Ryan. Or Dylan who just recently probably wanted to start living life.

I take out my phone and walk into the bathroom to text people. I drop my phone and when I pick it up someone has their hands on me.

"What are you-" I begin to say as I see an older guy from the other school trying to kiss me.

"HELP!" I scream and kick him in the balls and he yelps in pain and then pushes me into a stall. I then hear two guys run in and begin to beat up the guy. I then realize that it needed to be for me to finish him off. As I get up out of the stall and look at his bloody face I slap him.

"Josie he's had enough" someone tells me as the guy looked defeated.

"He tried to rape me!" I exclaim as pick up my phone and text Ryan to make sure he's okay. He doesn't text me back and I get anxious. and then text Dylan who doesn't reply.

"But now he's down come on let's go wait with everyone else," the guy tells me and then we walk back into the main room.

           Around 11 we're still waiting and most people are asleep or trying to text anyone they know.

"Everyone's going to be fine" Martin after our like hundredth round of slaps. 

"It's getting late and I want to sleep already but I don't want to wake up with a bullet in my head," I tell him.

"Nothing bad is going to happen if they already caught the guy they're looking for accomplices," he tells me and then yawns.

"Tired?" I ask him and he nods and tells me that we should at least try to get some sleep. Even though that was the last thing I wanted to do I too scared to even want to close my eyes for a minute.

"I got you okay," he tells me as we put a pad on the floor to sleep on. He lets me wear his football sweatshirt to sleep in. After a few minutes I fall asleep but out of the nowhere, I hear yelling.

"Come on! Everyone get up let's get moving" a Swat member tells us and tells us to get all our stuff and follow him. I grab my phone and give Martin his jacket back.

As they reunite kids with their parents I look around for my dad and mom. I see Stasia and we run to each other and hug.

"Oh my god Josie I was so scared and oh my god Isaac got shot in the arm," she says through tears.

"Oh my god is he going to be okay"

"I don't know," she says and tries not to cry.

"Wait where's Dylan?" I ask her.

"Wait he's not with you before the gunman showed up he went to look for you," she tells me and my heart drops.

"Oh my god" I scream and look around for Ryan and I then can't stop crying.

Suddenly we heard a boom and look to where the flagpole is and it's on fire. Stasia and I hold onto to each other and look around.

Welcome to Hell.