Bang!

Surreal

TW: Contains dark themes and suggestions of sexual and physical abuse, as well as mentions of gun violence, please be careful and stay safe, it gets better I promise 😌💕

Shruggers POV

"Everyone be quiet!" Sikowitz raised his voice above all the chattering teens.

"Woah, calm down, you wacked up teacher." Rex snarled.

Before anyone could do or say anything, Sikowitz yanked Rex off of Robbie's hand and chucked him out the window.

"Rex!" Robbie shouted.

"Robbie, shut up." Tori whispered loudly "Sikowitz is trying to talk."

"Thank you, Tori."

"Now then," Sikowitz sat down "everyone in this class either knew or were friends with Jade West, correct?"

"Has something happened?" Cat squealed.

"She's YOUR best friend. Don't you think you should know?" Robbie accused.

"No!" Cat squealed "She's in intensive care, dummy, they're only letting family in!"

"Was." Sikowitz said.

"What do you mean was, has she gotten better?" Cat smiled, hopeful.

"Well if you let teacher talk," Sikowitz said, getting inpatient "then I shall tell you."

"Last night, at around 5:30pm, Jade West," Sikowitz started choking up "Jade West died. Now, I know this will come as a shock to some of you, particularly those of you who didn't even know she was admitted to hospital a second time. But she was, and this time, she didn't get the chance to...to return home."

I looked across at my class. Sikowitz was sat on the step up to the stage, just trying to find words to say before taking a deep breath and continuing.

"Now, if any of you have any ideas about how we can honour her memory here at Hollywood Arts please feel free to drop a note in this hat." He turned around, quickly grabbing a hat from the props box and placing it at the front of the stage "and I will read them out in class tomorrow.

"As you know already, counselling is available for anyone who was affected by the shooting, but if you need grief counselling as well, then don't feel embarrassed to ask, there should still be a sign up sheet outside my classroom but principal Eikner should be holding a whole assembly about it soon."

I could hear Sikowitz talking about counselling and things but I wasn't really paying attention any more. I looked around at my classmates, even those of us who didn't even know Jade, me included, couldn't believe it. I scanned my eyes around the room, trying to see if Beck was in class, he wasn't.

Tori was a weird one though, I know they were friends but they were never really that close, I look across at Tori and instead of seeing her upset, I notice her tweeting something. Seriously?

I look at her other friends, André's just looking shocked, Robbie looks kinda guilty now as he moved awkwardly in his seat. I try and get a peak at Cat without making it obvious but can't see her face as I'm sat right behind her.

I hear my phone bleep, and look at it quick, it's Tori's tweet on The Slap

Just got given the worst news ever, I know we weren't 'technically' friends but I would have liked to think of us as close. RIP Jade. FEELING: Sorrowful (sad face)

I rolled my eyes before noticing Cat had peaked at her phone and was now shifting uncomfortably in her chair, I could tell she didn't wanna be sat in this class any longer. She shot her hand up.