Chapter 83

As I sit there, and I wait for it all to begin, I am getting nervous as I grab a hold of Derek's hand. Knowing what is about to happen, I am hoping that it is the right thing to do. I never wanted to be the person who chooses who lives and who dies. They are the ones that forced this onto themselves for being selfish and wanting to control other lives. As the food is beginning to get served, you hear commotion. Nobody knowing what's going on that's when you start hearing the bullets from their guns. Derek grabs a hold of me and pushes me into his chest.

“What the fuck is going on why are there people shooting in your house,” Derek yells.

Mr. Shaffer looks nervous tries to play it tough he says, “there's nothing to worry about security will handle them they will pay what they're doing.”

As the door flies open we look at the gunman, Derek grabs a hold of me, and we go under-the-table where he shields my body with his. Knowing that we're not going to get hurt, we are not the ones that are being targeted. I then seeing Tanner's parents coming down under-the-table with us. I can see the terror in their eyes, not sure what is about to happen. You can hear glasses being broken as the bullets are hitting them, I see Mrs. Shaffer on the ground with blood coming out of her mouth. As you hear a thumb hitting the table knowing that it is Mr. Shaffer's body hitting the table. The bullet don't stop I become scared knowing that they have already done what they were supposed to do. I hear Derek cry out and his body goes limp, I scream Realizing he got shot. As I see the Tanner's parents fall, I get underneath Derek and pretend to be dead. I can feel Derek's chest moving, so I know that he's alive. It wasn't supposed to be like this nobody was supposed to get hurt but the Shaffer's Britany lied why would she lie. She knew how much I loved Derek, why would she want to kill him?

As the noise of bullets are fading, and you can't hear them anymore I pushed Derek off of me I am covered in his blood. I search for his phone I notice he has a pulse I am so relieved that he's alive still as his breaths are getting faint. I use his phone and call 911 to let them know what has happened. I am holding Derek in my arms crying, praying that he does not die. Thinking this wasn't the way it was supposed to happen why did they shoot him they would have shot me too if Derek wasn't protecting me? How could I have let this to happen?

As I am crying I see the Tanner's parents getting up relived that there alive I don't even know they're actual names. I hold Derek's body in my arms crying, wishing they would get here to help him. Wondering if I made the wrong decision which might have caused me to lose the love of my life and Faithlyn losing her father.

The paramedics I see them coming in through the door I yell “help me please he has been shot.”

They rush over to me, as I move out of their way, so they can help Derek. As I watch them connect him to different machines. He's not moving why is he not moving he cannot die Faithlyn needs him in her life he can't leave her without a father. I need him, I'm so terrified that he is going to die, and it will all be my felt I did this.

I go to get up to go with him, but I'm stopped by a cop “you have to stay, we need your statement.”

“Please I need to go with him please I need to be with him, he is the love of my life. I can give you whatever you want later, but I need to be with him please.”

“I'm sorry we need it while it is still fresh in your mind.”

“Why can't you come to the hospital and get it damn it.”

“He needs to go now if you want him to have a chance to survive we need to go now.”

I cry falling to my knees feeling heartbreak not being able to go with him, I yell out to him “Derek don't you die on me Derek, please fight to live I love you we need you. As they are pushing him out in the stretcher, I just pray that he survives.

As the officer walks over to us, we are all pretty shaken up with what all just happened. He looks at us blankly, so why are you on meeting here this evening?

Tanner's dad says “we were all just having a friendly dinner than 2 men walked in and started shooting we hid under-the-table hoping it would protect us in some way. My father did not hide he intended to fight back but obviously had no luck the men were wearing a mask and two automatic weapons.”

“Why would they only target them and not all of you why were they killed, but you were left to survive?” the officer asked

I snap, “how are we supposed to know that? With what we just experienced, something so awful my fiancé was shot and was taken away in the ambulance. You are here asking us why they left us to survive are you fucking kidding me.”

“It just looks odd to me that the Shaffer's were the only ones that were killed.”

“The Shaffer's also have cameras all over their house so if you want to see what happened watch the fucking cameras.”

“We tried watching the cameras there were just for show they are not even real.”

“Look I really love our conversation, but I need to get to the hospital to check on my fiancé are we done here.”

“Tanner's father looks at me, you go ahead and leave any questions they have we can answer we were here also I really hope the Derek is fine.”

“Miss you have wait to leave we our investigation is still going on.”

“Look if you need me, you come to the hospital to talk to me, I am going to see my fiancé.”

I rushed out the door remembering I don't have a fucking vehicle, not really sure where Derek's keys are. I call my dad “Hey would you be able to pick me up at Britney's house and take me to the hospital there has been an accident.”

“Yes I will be right there are you OK?”

“I'm fine daddy just please hurry I need to get to the hospital Derek has been shot.”

“I'll be right there.”

As I am him waiting for my dad I am shocked that all this went down the way it went down I knew it was going to happen. I didn't know that Derek was going to get shot, they weren't supposed hurt us. I'm happy that Tanner's parents are ok, I just wished I actually knew their fucking name. Wondering why Britney would allow them to shoot Derek, knowing how much I cared about him. She was supposed to be here, but she's not, I don't even know where she is. The way the plan was supposed to go it hasn't gone that way I have no idea what is going on. I just know I need to go to the hospital to make sure that Derek is alive.

I see my dad's car pull up I rush out to have thanking God that he is here. “Hey daddy thank you for coming I really appreciate it there was a shooting, please just get me to the hospital I'll tell you about another time.”

The hospital is like a half hour drive; it is becoming the longest drive of my life. Wondering if this is how Derek felt this way when I got shot, this terrible feeling like your life is about to end. I don't know if I am going to be able to live with myself if I am the one who got Derek killed. He has to survive; he has to be OK. The car ride is quiet I Don't know what to say I am so worried about Derek right now. As we pull in to the hospital I see the ambulance that brought Derek in I run over to the EMT to ask them where they took Derek if he survived, the drive said. “We took him into the emergency room which is no surprise they said he was stable when we took him in. “

I search for the nurse in the emergency room I can't find her it is just quiet nobody is here. I wait at the desk, hoping that somebody will come back soon. I see a lady walking out, I ran up to her.

“Hi my name is Amelia my husband was brought in here I mean my fiancé I'm sorry his name is Derek Stone can you tell me if he is alive he was shot.”?

“I am sorry I can't talk to you about this, but I will get the doctor, so they are able to talk to you.”

“Please can you just tell me if he's OK, please just tell me.”?

“I'm so sorry I don't know what to say, I will go get the doctor I'm sorry.”