The Shooting

Jackie Smith's life has always been boring. Her hometown has never been exciting. Except her ex-boyfriend Austin Addams. 3 years older than her and a detective in the local police department. He was the only non boring thing in her life.

And then he broke up with her out of nowhere. And not only was her life boring again, but this time she fell into a black hole of despair. And nobody could get her out of it. Not her family nor her friends.

But like I said before, her life is boring. Her town is boring. Her town barely has any crime. The worst was a girl accidentally going home with the wrong woman. Which is why it surprised everyone on that winter day.

That winter day. When a kid and his family started shooting the high school up. And to make it even better, they shot every teacher in the building. Leaving the students defenseless. And had boarded every door in the building to get in or out.

This was going to be one hell of a birthday.
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Jackie ran through the halls. She knew that nowhere would be safe. But she had to find somewhere. Somewhere that she could call Austin. Even if he didn't love her like she loves him, it was his job to protect the people.

She found a janitors closet and locked it behind her and quickly pulled her phone out of her bag. She dialed his number faster than she ever had, even with her hands shaking like crazy.

She pleaded in her head for him to answer just as another shot was heard. She bit her lip as the tears rolled down her face.

"Jackie, I told you never to contact me again and why the hell are you calling me at school?" Austin asked on the other line. Jackie had a hard time keeping her voice steady.

"Austin." She said, her voice being masked by her sobs. "Some kid and his family are shooting the school." She said as another shot was heard to prove her point. But this time... the shot was right outside the door.