Our school had a lockdown today. I just needed to get this out. The full story: It was a great Friday. Everyone was having so much fun! It was time to head home, so we cleaned up and was about to head home. Until our teacher said "This is a hard lockdown." Now, normally, kids would freak out. But, the OTHER classroom freaked out. We didn't. No one (Except three people) cried. We were all too in shock. The teachers set everything up. She took attendance. I clutched my friend, Emma. After a few minutes, the teacher told us to spread out. We all ran, but we were kinda loud, but we quieted within seconds. I remember it so clearly. We all looked at eachother. Some kids smiled and giggled. Until we realized: This isn't good. My heart practically JUMPEd out of my chest. I KNOW what happens in school lockdowns, it's NOT good. The girls crying had no reason to NOT cry! One of the girls kept sobbing "I wanna go home!" And I don't blame her. I want to say at least 80% of the boys hid in the bathroom while a lot of the girls (Including the assistant teacher) hid in the closet. I hid behind a shelf, next to two tables where my friends were at. Two kids hid under a black computer table (They hid EXTREMLEY well) and the rest of the kids, idk. One of the kids near me had a lap desk as a sheild, while a smaller one as a wepon. A few minutes past, but it felt like an atternity. That's when everyone started processing what was gonna happen: We may just die. I heard sobbing from the closet. The teacher came around with fans, because an hour before the lockdown, our AC blew out. What gave me a shred of relief is that we go into lockdown if a nearby campus is in lockdown, meaning they mght not be on OUR campus, but we didn't know that! Neither did the teahcer.. I started crying. I look around. My friends started crying. It was scary. It lasted 10-20 minutes, but it felt like years. Until, the barricaded door opened. "All clear." Everyone started sobbing from relief. A lot of people were crying because the 1-3rd graders were the closest to where the bad guy could've broken into. We didn't know what was happening! No one did (Turns out, the 1-3rd graders barely even knew what was happening, lol) I never felt so heartbroken/relieved/happy. Everywhere I turned, a kid was crying. We all hugged and clutched eacother. I couldn't stop crying. It was... So... strange. It was a feeling I haven't felt in a while. All the girls were crying, the boys were cheering. My friend who didn't shed a single tear even started chocking up. I remember after it ended, my friend came up to me and just hugged me while we were sitting down, so did my other friend. I just kept saying "We're okay." I couldn't stop crying until we sat inside the carline building. It was just so... Crazy.
Also, in the morning, me and my friends helped with the 1-3rd graders for computers and got cotton candy. Proving how quickly a good feeling can rot.
