Dad, you best not talk to me right now...

On the phone with his father, Tom the protagonist is being told that there has been a shooting at the school nextdoor. Tom, what kind of emotions are running through you right now? Tom: Well, I'm really, confused, depressed and surprised that this could happen to so many kids not to far away. Its really shocking, you just hear about shootings and bomb scares, and not really pay to much attention to them, but when it happens so close to your school, it really gets to you and scares you. You start to wonder if people your friends with are in on the same thing, and it just makes you really cautious about who you hang with and who you dont, hang with.