Highschool ~ zonah

chapter 8

-third person
-i literally love you guys so much. thank you for reading this and supporting my writing. you're amazing.

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the next morning was lazy. well, the next afternoon really. the boys woke up around 3 in the afternoon, they were really tired from hiking and being up late.

they just hung out and flirted and cuddled all day until it was time for zach to leave. they had school tomorrow or, monday so they had to go to sleep early.

"it's almost 8, jo."

zach said, looking down at jonah, he was sitting on jonah's lap. jonah fake pouted.

"no. i don't want you to leave."

he said, his arms wrapping around zach. the had been all lovey dovey all day and neither of them minded it. they were getting used to being a thing and liking each other.

"i know. i don't want to leave but i have too."

zach stood up, slipping on his gucci slides. jonah stood up to, to walk him home.

"you don't really have to walk me home. i'm okay."

"stop. i'm walking you home. but wait i have to get something."

jonah said, walking to his room for a minute. after about three minutes jonah came back into the living room, a few of his hoodies clutched in his arms. zach smiled.

"these are for you. i picked the ones that you always told me were cute. wear them and give them back whenever they lose my scent."

zach blushed and grabbed them, hugging jonah. they walked over to zach's house which was right next door. jonah walked him to the door.

jonah pulled zach in for a kiss, which was short because they didn't wanna get caught. they hugged goodbye.

"i'll text you later."

zach nodded and walked into his house.

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"goodmorning zach, you're late again. jonah's waiting."

myta said, handing zach his lunch money. zach chugged his orange juice and grabbed a water bottle.

he walked out the door, meeting jonah in his driveway.

"goodmorning, nice hoodie."

jonah said, smiling at zach. zach was wearing his favorite hoodie of jonah's.

"goodmorning, and thank you."

the two boys talked and walked to school. once they got to the school they had like ten minutes before class started. they went to jonah's locker, like normal.

"do good on your a.p literature test today. it's kinda hard."

jonah said, reminding zach that he forgot to study.

"shit."

"you forgot to study didn't you?"

"mhm."

zach hummed while he nodded, shaking his head at himself in his mind.

once the ten minutes was over, jonah have zach a hug.

"i love you. do your best. i'll see you at the end of the day."

jonah smiled at zach.

"i love you, too. i'll see you later."

zach smiled, walking off.

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the first two class periods were boring, he didn't have testing in them so he was just dozing off thinking about him and jonah and a lot of things.

third period he decided it would be good to study for his test, he had it in fourth period. so he pulled out his study guide and started to go over it.

after about ten minutes, a few very, very loud bangs were heard. ear splitting screams followed the bangs.

his teacher ran and shut the door, flicking the lights off at the same time. more bangs were heard, the fire alarm going off soon after. many  screams were also heard.

zach didn't know what was happening. the intercom rang in over the loud speaker zach heard

"this is not a drill, code red, i repeat this is not a drill. a gunman is in c hallway. code red procedures should be in place. do not evacuate, the fire alarm was set off by the gunman."

zach's heart dropped. him and his classmates stood up, running to the corner of room, and sitting, being quiet as can be. his teacher and a few boys stacked chairs and desks up behind the door, so nobody could come in or out.

zach was in shock, he didn't know what was happening. and then, *bang,bang,bang*, more gunshots followed by many screams.

a few tears fell down zach's face as he sat in terror in the dark room. he pulled out his phon and texted his mom. she replied, she was already on her way to the school, the county had already called her and notified her. she was scared to death for zach.

and then, it popped into zach's head, jonah. was jonah okay? is he even alive? did he get shot?

zach couldn't breathe. he clicked onto jonah's contact and texted him. he spammed jonah's phone with, "are you okay?", "where are you?", and "jonah" texts.

no response. zach got no response back. he immediately called jonah's phone. he didn't hesitate. he called it, no answer, he called again, no answer.

he called 14 more times, nothing. tears fell down zach's face, quieter gunshots being heard and faint screams.

then zach remembered "a gunman is in c hallway", is what the principal said in the intercom.

c hallway

jonah was in p.e, the gym is in c hallway. zach was at a loss for words, what if jonah was hurt? what if he was..dead?

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a/n- don't hate me. please.