𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓰𝓾𝓮
—𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦—

𝓞𝓭𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮 𝓒𝓪𝓻𝓼𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓼𝓪𝓽 in her seat during second period, her eyes on the page of work in front of her. The clock was ticking at the front of the room, and the quiet chatter of her classmates could be heard as they all talked about what they were planning for the weekend ahead.

It would be a usual weekend for Odette- she would do the usual reading as she got home, before going out with her parents to dinner late Saturday night. Then on Sunday morning they would attend church with Odette's best friend, Claire Rose, and her parents. It was a tradition the family always liked to keep, as none of them had ever particularly liked change. So every day seemed to be the same.

The brunette taps her pencil on the desk, glancing to her phone for a short moment. It was around nine o'clock in the morning, which meant she'd have to deal with English class for at least another half hour. Odette didn't really mind it, but she wasn't too thrilled about continuing her essay, either. English was something that couldn't be avoided, so she dealt with it. Besides, the senior only had a few more months of school before she could finally rest for a bit and think about college options.

The girl continues to write on the page, finding her thoughts clearing as she relaxed into her seat. She felt a sense of serenity in the medium-sized classroom; a place where the loud noises wouldn't echo or the students wouldn't bother her too much. And her teacher, Mrs. Gaunt, wasn't too focused on anything in particular, either, so their assignments were almost always free-writing and exam practice. And besides, she was currently at the front office, anyway. You could almost say the eighteen year old liked that room.

But it was almost like a flip had switched within the next five seconds. Down the hall, somewhere in the distance, several screams bounced off the walls of Lincoln High School, before Odette covered her mouth in horror- to cover to sounds of her already muffled sobs.

That was when she heard the gunshots.

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