Ivy

I never thought...

I never thought this would happen...that this could happen. Yet here we were hiding in our class room with man in our parking lot holding a g*n. The next thing I remember was hearing foot steps in the hallway, they grew louder and louder until... they stopped. Right outside our door was a man who had intentions to kill. I had to stop myself from hyperventilating has the door knob shook and someone banged on the door. I heard what I could only assume was the sound of the mans g*n as he put it into a position...my guess a position to shoot. The next second felt like hours as we all sat in dead silence. Then a BANG! A bullet flew though our door, zoomed by my head, and cracked into the book shelf. I had to stop myself from screaming has the bullet flew past me and then thought of the bullet hitting my head bounced in mind.

Sirens echoed in the distance and the man behind the door cursed loudly. His footsteps faded and all that could be heard was sirens. When we heard his car drive away I broke it silent sobs, tears pouring down my face as I looked at where the bullet had hit. I traced my fingers over the spot the bullet made in bookcase and my mouth formed the words “I could have died” I let them sit in my mind...scratch that... I would have died. I remember having my head in the same spot minutes before the man had shot. I let out a small squeak and my friends looked at me as I put my finger on the hole again. Tia wrapped her arms around me and so did my other friends.

The next hour was an adrenaline filled blur. The cops checked the school and when we could finally come out my legs felt like jelly and my head spun so fast I could barely keep myself walking. I walked with a group of terrified kids down the hall, some cried, some talked to one another, but I just mumble to myself over and over “I never thought, I never thought, I never thought”.