Ellie made her way to her locker, she was mad. Sean hadn't talked to her once that day, not once. And that was a hard feat being that they lived with each other. The one thing she had over Emma was that she got to spend every minute with her boyfriend if she wanted, and he didn't mind.

She made her way angrily through the degrassi halls, she was about to burst, she couldn't help but be jealous. She knew that if it was her on stage on a game show, he would be looking at the back of Emma's head in front of him. He was in love with Emma, not her. She stormed into the bathroom and slammed the door, hearing a loud bang after. She jumped a little, she had put more stregthn in that slam then she intended.

Ellie made her way over to the sink, propping herself up using her arms, and looked at herself in the mirror. As far as she could tell, she was cute. Not gorgeous like Emma, but cute. She sighed and turned the water on, the sound of water always calmed her down. She slowly sat down on the grimy bathroom floor and leaned against the cool wall, pretending she was by a cool stream. Her fantasy was working until she heard another loud bang, like the one she had heard when she slammed the door.

She shot up, alarmed and grabbed her stuff. She slowly crept towards the door, and found three girls running quickly past her and the bathroom. She looked around before running after them, to what she hoped was safety.

*

Ellie had been pulled into her homeroom after chasing the girls for about 10 seconds, only to be told they weren't allowed to leave till further notice. Ellie also took into account the fact that her boyfriend wasn't there, and neither was Emma. Figures.

She sat pouting in the back of the classroom, waiting to hear what had happened for her classes to be cancelled. What had happened to Rick was bad, but it didn't seem nesseary to cancel all the classes. Frustated, she glared at the board and continued to wait.

Rumors were flying left and right, most containing her boyfriend and Emma, since it seemed suspicious that they were the only two, minus Toby, who was missing from homeroom. Ellie drowned the thoughts of her beau and his ex by focusing on the facts, the invisible facts.

She silently rested her head on her desk, content with taking a nap and not hearing the dirty rumor. Rumors that she fears were true.

*

Gun. Gun. Gun. Sean's mind drew a blank. Rick had a gun, he had a gun, and he was watching towards Emma. Sean's mind felt like it was about to explode. He couldn't let Rick kill her. He couldn't let her die without knowing, knowing how he really felt.