I feel so many emotions for all of the characters, I think the biggest thing of all though to comment on, is you didn't make the gunman 'evil', you made him a real. I could feel his pain and I could understand the reasoning - No matter how horrible the crime.
Being a bully victim myself, I took it upon myself to try and end my attacker - I failed. But this guy did it, and the aftermath is horrible. It kinda made me feel at peace with the fact that I failed in my attempt to silence my attacker, that no matter how ugly and nasty the attackers are on the inside, it's you who attacks the attackers that is the real ugly one in the end.
This is honestly one of my favourites on this website now. & Thank you for writing it, it made me feel a bit at peace over my own demons.
oh my gosh. this has got to be one the most intese stories I have ever read. did you know that the song actually was about the columbine massacre and that the group had loved ones in the shooting? now i can barely listen to that song without thinking about that. Anyway, I really liked it and good luck in the contest.
oh my god oh my freaking god that was like... what even I can't even process what I just read oh my gOD THAT WAS SO AMAZING I LOVE IT SO MUCH OH MYGOD. I AM DYING HERE.