Highschool ~ zonah

chapter 14

the bell rang, the thoughts disappeared from his mind. he wiped his tears and his teacher stood up.

"we, uh, we won't be doing any, um, work today. it's been a rough day for all of us, i'm pretty sure we all just need a break. so, you uh, you have a free day."

she said, before sitting back down. zach sighed and pulled out his phone. he instantly texted jonah.

*texts*

z<3
jo
i have a free period. are you busy?

jo<3
no i'm not busy. we aren't doing anything in gym. i'll come get you.

z<3
thank you. see you soon.

zach clicked his phone off and waited for the knock on the door. the teacher got up and opened the door.

"hi mrs.smith, zach and i need to work on a project for science. are you guys doing anything important today?"

he asked, she shook her head.

"they're free today. he can go with you."

she said, nodding and walking back to her seat. zach got up and took his stuff. he walked out with jonah.

"today's been shit."

zach said to jonah. jonah looked over, grabbing zach's hand and interlocking their fingers as they walked the hall.

"yeah, my day hasn't been too great either. but it's over half way over, so just give it time. we'll go to my house and order a pizza and cuddle tonight. we'll be okay."

jonah said, smiling towards zach. he loved spending his days with zach. zach nodded and smiled.

"i'd love that, jo. thank you."

jonah smiled.

"anything for you."

he said, his smile lingering. after a second, he stopped working and his smile was gone.

"ugh i hate this. i wanna be official."

jonah said, turning towards zach in the middle of the hallway.

"i know i know, i told you i want something big and memorable. this is not big and memorable."

zach said, teasing. jonah laughed a little and nodded. they started to walk again.

"i know. i'm already planning, just so you know."

jonah said, zach smiled and giggled.

for the rest of third period, they walked around the school. stopping in random hallways and having random conversations.

instead of going to fourth, the two just waited in the bathroom by the gym, since that's where the meeting was.

when the intercom rang in, stating to go to the gym they just walking in and went to the top of the bleachers. they sat in the corner together, closest to the exit doors.

after everyone got in and sat down, the principal started talking. he explained what happened.

"a student, a senior, had brought a firearm to school. he stole it from his fathers gun cabinet. he opened fire, 7 students were killed, 3 teachers, 15 people were injured. out of those 15, 6 are still in the hospital today."

zach got goosebumps, how could someone do this to innocent people? he could just imagine how fucked up that person must be, to do this.

jonah grabbed zach's hand, squeezing it. he looked over at him before he spoke.

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a/n- BAHAHAH CLIFF HANGER SUCKS TO BE YOU CAUSE I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT 😎