My heart is slamming in my rib cage. You can’t leave! Stay! I think to myself.

Lights flash in my eyes as I dash down the hall.

School shooting. Of course. It never changes. It never really ends.

I can here the gunshots. I close my eyes, trying to forget why I’m running for my life.

I can’t find anywhere to hide. All the doors are shut. No one is speaking. The whole school is silent.

I run faster as I hear the gunshots get closer.

I’m finally in cover.

Then, I wait.