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TEACHER Alright ! Everyone to the edge of the classroom don ’ t go near any windows or doors !
( KIDS panic and run to hide in the classroom )
What about Alex ?!
OLIVER
Alex will have to go to another classroom . ( Mutters )
Hopefully she will make it .
TEACHER
OLIVER I can ’ t just leave her ! She ’ s my BEST friend !
Quiet everyone !!!
TEACHER
( One student is screaming and running around TEACHER )
STOP !!! Ok headcount everyone .
( OLIVER runs out of the classroom into the hallway )
Oliver get back here ! Quiet ! I hope Oliver gets to a different classroom but I must lock the door !
SCENE TWO CHANGE TO ALEX ’ S ROOM
ALEX
Hey . It ' s Alex . It ’ s been a week .. since … That . You ' re probably wondering about what happened . About the thing no one talks about . Death . Shootings . No one ever talks to kids about survivors ' grief . How it feels to have your best friend die … I don ’ t know how to handle this stuff . All on my own .
( ALEX looks away , into the beyond , trying to hold back tears ) So , you see , the school shooter caused everyone to panic . Oliver panicked . He ran out into the hall , I don ' t know why . Even though I was in the bathroom at this time and didn ’ t see anything , I still see it so clearly in my mind everyday . Once the shooter had left , they .... took a life with them . My best friend ’ s life . I blame myself for Oliver ’ s death for not being in the classroom at the time .