I don't know what I was more terrified of. The fact that there was an actual shooting in a building where many people called home. Or, the fact that Donny was even bold enough to do such a thing. Especially in the day light. But all of those thoughts left my mind the moment I looked at Ashley. She looked like a nervous wreck.

Just seeing her like that made me walk up to her and lay a comforting hand on her shoulder. She returned the gesture with a nervous smile. It was so hard to imagine what she was going through. Her husband was in the middle of that shooting and she had no idea if he was going to be safe. Ashley probably had the fear that he could even die during this and that just broke my heart more.

Derik sat close to the door as he played on his phone. He was keeping his distance from us. It was probably so he could protect us better if the shooting was to spread to the university. But I had to be optimistic about the situation. I had to think that we were safe from the danger that was taking place. But my troubling thoughts didn't keep me from walking up to Derik with worry for everyone back at the tower.

"If you want to go help them, I'm sure we will be safe as long as we stay in this room," I told him.

He put his phone away before looking at me, "Trying to get rid of me?"

I wasn't even sure if he was joking or not. So I was careful with my response, "I know if is your job to protect us, but I'm sure it won't spread this far."

"I'm not leaving, Leah. I'm not risking your life or the lives of my children," he responded before standing up from where he stood, "We didn't handle our time together with the care we were supposed to. Also I was your first boyfriend since Jared and I don't even think he counted. But I should have put that into consideration with how I treated you."

"It's not all of your fault. David was fighting just as hard as you and part of me can't help but think that I dated you just to spite him," I told him honestly, "I'm sorry we couldn't work out."

He smiled and patted me on the shoulder, "Me too. But I got someone in my corner now. You don't need to save me anymore."

Just the reminder that he found he soulmate did put some peace to my mind. I know fully well that I didn't treat him the way I should have, but I never had the experience in relationships to know any better. Or, maybe I just let other people influence me too easily.

Suddenly the door to the room swung open, making Derik push me behind him as he faced whatever entered the room. But it wasn't danger at the door, instead it was David with a relieved look on his face. Even though he was relieved to see that I was okay, he didn't come running to me like he would have. Part of me was grateful to him for giving me the space I needed, but another part of me wished that he would show he actually cared. To prove to me that his feelings were as real as he said they were instead of something the gene was telling him.

David walked up to Derik and held out his hand to shake hands with Derik, "Thanks for keeping them safe."

"I only did it to keep my family safe," Derik responded denying David's handshake.

The look of realization on David's face reminded me that I still didn't talk to him about letting Derik know about the twins. His face turned to me so fast that I instinctively shrank back like a child being scared of being scolded.

"You told him?" he said in disbelief, "I thought we agreed to not tell him."

"I'm pretty sure she is fully capable to make that discussion to change her mind," Derik pointed out. Making David angry. It was at that moment Ashley stepped between them with her hands up to hold them back.

"Down boys. Or, you just might get written out of Leah's life and never even get to see the twins when they are born," she said before turning to David, who was still glaring at Donny, "How is Ricky?"

David looked crushed as she asked the question. The worst popped into my head, thinking something bad must have happened to Ricky. Ashley was a little more positive.

"How bad is it?" she pressed.

"Physically he is fine. Mentally, this will take a huge toll on him," David finally answered her question.

"Why?" I heard myself ask.

David looked at me with sad eyes as he answered my question, "They got to the kids. Hardly any of them survived."

One of my hands instantly covered my mouth as shock over took me. How could someone be so cold and go after defenseless children? It made me hate Donny more for what he did. It even broke my heart to realize that Amanda's child was probably in that mess and I had hoped they were unharmed. But I didn't think much about the danger as I suddenly ran out of the room and the university.

My heart pounded in my head as I ran back to Seadonna Tower. Even if I didn't really get a chance to get to know Amanda, she probably needed a friend right now. As I got closer to the tower I could already see the devastation that had taken place. The place was roped off and bodies were laid out on the ground. It was such a mess that I was surprised no one stopped me as I ran into the building.

The moment I entered I instantly heard and saw Amanda. She was kneeling on the ground holding a child and a baby in her arms. She was screaming as tears poured down her eyes as Mike held her to try to comfort him. Ricky was sitting not far from them, his head hanging in defeat. Just seeing the two made me debate who to go to first.

But instead of going to comfort anyone, I ended up collapsing onto my knees. Questions flooded my mind as I looked at the scene around me. Amanda wasn't the only one crying over those that were lost. There were others and even some trying to find those that hadn't been counted for yet. It was my first time seeing how bad this war really was and it was overwhelming.

I heard footsteps walk up behind me and I didn't even turn to see who it was. It was most likely David since Derik was still keeping his distance from me.

"Why would he do this?" I asked him.

"Because if he eliminates the next generation, we will no longer be a threat to his family," he answered as he knelt down next to me. Making me look into his dark brown eyes, "I was terrified when I heard that you were no where to be found. I was sure you and Ashley had come back when the shooting started. But Ricky told me that you guys didn't even leave the classroom because someone decided to take a nap.

"I don't want to imagine what the outcome would have been if you didn't fall alseep during class," he finished. And it made me realize that I could have died just as much as anyone else. I was always told that things happened for a reason and this just proved it. Because what ever that reason was, I was still alive because of it.