Scariest Day at School

Scariest Day at School

By: Luke Cepeda

I woke up at 6:45, like any other typical school day. I went downstairs to eat breakfast which is usually just some cereal but to my surprise, my mom was actually cooking eggs on stove. I went to grab a glass and poured some orange juice it it. But what I saw was a pile of orange colored mush crammed into an orange juice container.

“Ew!” I said when I saw what I poured into my glass, “This orange juice looks pretty ugly.” I said with disgust written all over my face.

“Oh sorry, I forgot to tell you that the orange juice went bad a few days ago, but these eggs are definitely going to be amazing!”  My mom said with excitement.

“Ha ha mom, so funny,” I said sarcastically,  “but I got to go to the bus stop before I miss it.”

I started to pack my backpack with all of the necessary items, like my chromebook, binder, lunch and my water bottle.

“Breakfast is ready!” My mom said loudly.

“Coming!” I said.

I sprinted to the table because I was starving, I hadn't eaten dinner that previous night.  I eat those eggs so fast I got the hiccups. Once all of my backpacked my packed, I went upstairs to brush my teeth. I went to the bathroom and started to put toothpaste on my toothbrush when I got a text from my friend Bob. Bob had told me that the new kid from Florida everyone was talking about was going to come to school today for the first time here. I texted back and we had a conversation about the new kid and I decided that I had to stop texting him or I was going to miss my bus. Once I was done brushing my teeth, I grabbed some socks and put on my my shoes. I was all ready with a few spare minutes left, so I decided to ask Bob how he knew that the new kid was coming to school. He said he got an email from his homeroom teacher to be extra kind and welcoming because today was his first day.

“Time to go!” My mom yelled across the living room.

“Ok, see ya.” I responded.

“Bye, have a good day!”

“Yea yea” I said.

I started to make my way to the bus stop when my friend texted me again and said the new kid was on my bus. I was kinda excited, because something new every once in awhile is good. I walked on the bus and he was right there talking to our bus driver. It wasn't clear but the bus driver was introducing him to the system, and when he would arrive everyday, and be dropped off at home. I walked passed them to sit down. About 15 seconds later, he sat in front of me. He looked kind of shy, so I decided to talk to him to get to know him. He responded with some yes’s and no’s, but nothing else. I asked him where he moved from, even though I already knew, I just wanted to see if he would say anything else besides yes or no. So I got off the bus and headed into the school. While walking, I noticed that he was wearing an abnormally large backpack.

“I wonder what’s in there”. I mumbled to myself.

I saw Bob in the hallway and we walked to our lockers. He said that the new kid kinda looks weird. I said his backpack was definitely hiding something, because no one's backpack could possibly be that big. I had gym first period with Bob, so we walked together to the locker room. We got changed into our uniforms and went into the gym. The teacher greeted the new kid to our class. His name is Dan was the only new thing I learned about him. After gym, Bob and I headed over to CMA. For our project, Bob and I agreed to work on Cozmo, a little robot that has the mind of a person. We can code him to do certain things like ride around, or play games with him. We were working on a coding project where he walked around a little maze we created on cardboard. I was drawing the edge of one of the sides of the maze when we got an announcement on the loudspeaker.

“We are in lockdown. This is not a drill.”

The thought of a lockdown messed up my line and I got a little frustrated.

“Everyone to the back of the room.” My teacher said.

I hid under the desk with Bob. Everyone had a scared look on their faces, as we all looked at each other all without making a single peep. All I could hear and focus on was the noise of Cozmo, saying his usual little robot noises. We all could hear someone scream in the hallway. It was super clear.

“You are all going to die!”

One girl in the back started to cry lightly while the maniac started pounding on the door.

“Where is Dan?” I whispered to Bob, because I saw him working on minecraft before the announcement went off. I peeked through the crack under our desk and saw him through the glass. It was Dan. He was holding a gun in one hand and a large knife in the other. I almost screamed.

“Its, its, its Dan, the new kid, and he had a gun and a knife. We are all going to die!” I told Bob.

“We could break the glass windows open and hop out, right?” Bob said will fear in his voice.

“Yea, great idea!” I said back.

I could hear him slowly cracking open the door from the outside. About a minute later, he had gotten in and almost all of our classmates screamed as loud as they could. I heard gunshots and they were so loud it made my ears ears ring. I couldn't hear anything, but I saw a piece of Cozmo’s head roll over to me and Bob. I saw Sally, a girl in my class, run for the door, but got immediately shot in the chest. Our CMA teacher must've had the same idea as us because he threw a metal chair at the glass window from across the room. He sprinted for the glass but a second before he was going to jump out Dan stabbed him with the knife. At this point, Bob and I were both crying silently. Once everything stopped moving in the room, it was silent. I could see so many bodies and so much blood scattered over the floor like there had just been a war in the room. Dan started to walk slowly around the room because I could hear his feet. As the sound moved closer, my heart began to run faster. The smell of blood started to clog my nose as I began to see his feet appear. He stopped. I couldn't move I was in so much shock. About 5 seconds later, he ran and pulled me out. I screamed so loud and bob tried to free me. Dan shot Bob in the leg but I was motionless. He pulled me up slammed me on the chair and pointed the gun at me.

“I'm sorry, I have to do this.” He whispered.

I shut my eyes, because I couldn't look at him. I heard a gunshot. I thought my life was over. I could hear people yelling at me and I got confused. I opened my eyes, and Dan was laying there in front of me, with a hole in his head. He had gotten shot by the police. They helped me up, and got Bob in an ambulance right away. I couldn't believe what had just happened. The next day, the whole school gathered around in silence to remember the people that lost their lives. I was so lucky and grateful to be alive with Bob.