Highschool ~ zonah

chapter 13

the next few days were boring. that night they just watched tv and cuddled in zach's room. the end of the week was stressful. the list of names of people who were injured or killed in the shooting was released.

it was sunday night, they go back to school tomorrow. jonah and zach had decided to walk in together, holding hands and being there for each other.

zach knew the day was gonna be bad, he knew that he was gonna have flashbacks. he didn't know what would happen but he wanted to go to school because they were having a school meeting about what happened. they were all gonna be in the gym and the police and principal was gonna be talking to them.

zach was laying in bed, trying to go to sleep. he knew he needed sleep, tomorrow was gonna be a long day. his phone dinged and he turned over, looking at his phone. he had a text from jonah.

*the texts between them*

jo<3
at least try get some sleep tonight, z.
you need it. i love you. i'll see you tomorrow.

zach<3
i'm going to bed now, jo. i love you too.
i'll see you in the morning.

zach smiled and clicked his phone off. he soon drifted off the sleep.

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"goodmorning, love. did you sleep good last night?"

jonah asked zach as they met at the end of zach's driveway. zach took a deep breath as jonah grabbed his hand.

"kinda. i'm so..."

zach started. they started to walk towards the school.

"nervous, scared, i know. me too. but it'll be fine, you have me. come to my locker when they release for the meeting. i'll be waiting for you."

zach nodded.

the two boys then walked to school, hand in hand. when they walked in, they got a few looks.

zach's breath hitched. he couldn't...breathe. the blood puddles, the dead bodies, everything just flushed into his brain.

he stopped walking, his face blank. jonah looked over at him. they had stopped in the middle of the hallway.

"zach..zach. zach look at me, it's okay. breathe zach. breathe."

zach snapped out of his thoughts, jonah's face in front of his. many people staring. zach took a deep breath, barely being able to catch his breath.

"it's okay, z. look the bell is about to ring. it's gonna be fine. i love you. i'll see you after third, for the meeting."

jonah kissed zach's cheek and zach nodded. they walked separate ways towards they're classes.

<<•>>

the bell rung, releasing the second period classes, telling the students it was time for third period.

third period

the class when the, incident, happened. zach took a deep breath as he walked through the hallway, hoping none of the thoughts were flush into his brain.

his eyes shut a little as he tried to look anywhere besides the ground. he walked into the class.

his teacher looked as if she had been crying, some students were clearly in distress. zach sat in his seat, his eyes saw the corner of the room where he was sitting.

the thoughts of him texting jonah and not getting a response flushed into his mind. his breath got a little heavy, more thoughts piling into his mind.

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a/n- wow tea.

this sucks.

sorry. i love y'all tho.