(Mark's P.O.V.)

Two loud shots are heard from the classroom and everyone goes silent. Those weren't ordinary shots. Those were gunshots. And they came from inside the school. Mrs. Walter immediately goes to the doors. 

"Everyone get down and hide!" She says. We all do just that as she closes and locks the doors, pulling the blinds down on them as well. She closes the blinds in the windows and turns the lights off, leaving us in the dark. I scramble behind a shelf partially pulled away from the wall. I'm the only one back here until Jack comes scrambling in next to me. And he looks terrified. 

"Oh my god, oh my god." He's whispering, breathing shakily. He bites his hand, trying to stop talking and he succeeds. Another shot is heard and he tries so hard not to make a sound, mostly succeeding. He comes closer to me, I move closer to him. 

I pull my knees up to my chest, wrapping one arm around my legs my other arm around Jack. He puts his one arm around me in return, holding onto my shirt as if he'd die if he let go. Everyone in the room is silent except for some quiet crying. Mrs. Walter stands from her hiding position and speaks quietly. 

"Okay, okay everyone start texting family, tell them what's going on. Don't say where you are. Shooters have phones too." She says. I nod and pull out my phone from my bag (which I thankfully brought with me). I text Tom real quick before putting it away, making sure that it's in between my gym clothes so if it buzzes it's muffled. Jack texts his mom and Kate quickly before giving me his phone to hide too. I put it by mine in my bag. 

Another shot is heard and Jack gives up trying to hold a brave face. He takes his hand out of his mouth and I can see obvious teeth marks. I hope he didn't hurt himself. He kind of snuggles into me, searching for comfort which I graciously give. He starts quietly crying, scared beyond belief. Oh my god, oh my god. 

"Look everyone, we're gonna stay in here and we're gonna be quiet okay? No one move, no one talk. We don't know what's out there, who's out there. We're just gonna wait for the police." Mrs. Walter is even quieter then before and then it's back to silence. Jack is the only one I can hear, his quiet cries is all I can hear and it's heartbreaking. Just then... 

Footsteps. Loud, heavy footsteps come by the door. Jack bites his tongue, holding his cries. Everyone else is too, we're all holding our breaths. The door rattles, trying to be opened but the person fails. Footsteps. The second door. More footsteps and then a loud bang. Jack jumps and exclaims a bit, a few others doing the same. I wrap both of my arms around Jack, letting him lean into me. 

"We're gonna be okay, okay? We'll be okay." I whisper, almost silent. I hear someone, one of the girls in the class whose mom works here, whispering. 

"Mom isn't answering. Why isn't she answering?" She starts crying, two of her friends trying to comfort her. This doesn't help Jack at all. He squeaks a bit, tears streaming down his face. 

"Mark... Mark I'm sorry. I'm sorry for everything I did to you. I'm sorry." He cries quietly, and I shake my head. 

"It's okay, I forgive you. Sh, Jack, it's okay." I say, a tear falling down my cheek. Oh my god... I look out from my hiding space, looking at everyone as Jack just cries. Everyone is terrified, that girl still can't get ahold of her mom, about half the class is either crying already or on the edge. I can't believe this is happening. Why is this happening? Why is this happening to us? Oh my god... And then someone's ringtone goes off. Jack's eyes go wide. 

"Turn it off! Turn it off!" He whisper yells, completely freaking out. I hold onto him tighter, moving my one hand up and down his arm in a comforting manner. 

"Justin! Turn it off!" Mrs. Walter scolds. The ringtone then stops, though as soon as it does more footsteps are heard coming closer. Jack puts his hand over his mouth, finding it impossible to completely stop his tears. The doors are tried to be opened again, and again the person fails. They run, and that's that.

For ten more minutes we're sitting there, terrified, waiting for something to happen. Jack just keeps crying, he can't stop he's to terrified. This is a new side of Jack, a side I don't think I'll ever see again. I feel so bad that this is happening, and that he's freaking out so much. I've mostly kept it together, I've cried a little bit. I don't dare let go of him though. I feel like if I do he'll freak even more, or I'll lose him or something like that. But finally, finally after ten more minutes...

"All clear!" "All clear!" "All clear!" I exhale, smiling a bit. Oh my god, oh my god it's over. It's done. Jack's eyes go wide. 

"Oh my god." He says and turns, wrapping his arms around my neck. He cries into my shoulder, trying to recover though I know this isn't going away for quite some time. I cry too, but both of us are crying tears of joy. Mrs. Walter works on getting the classroom back together while all of the students cry and hug each other and thank god for life. Jack and I just sit behind the shelf hugging and crying. I close my eyes. 

"We're okay." I whisper and Jack nods, still crying. I chuckle. "We're okay."