{Original chapter by milkbaby}
Looking up, Amanda sees the bus coming up the street and hastily stuffs the gun back into her backpack. Stepping onto the bus, she slowly makes her way down the aisle, noticing how few people were onboard this morning. Amanda recognized a few of the people as she passed them.
Sitting towards the middle of the bus sat Angie, a stereotypical Goth if there ever was one. She had dyed jet black, was wearing black lipstick and was looking out the window of the bus, sitting alone. Her outfit consisted of a black t shirt of some kind, along with a skirt and fishnet mesh here and there. Amanda had talked to her over the years and even had a few classes with her back in high school. They weren't exactly friends, but Amanda gathered that she was a lot more intelligent than she let on.
A little further back, towards the rear of the bus, sat Tina, currently talking on her phone. She was a tall, leggy blonde, who as far as Amanda could gather, had always been able to skate by on her looks and as a result, wasn't all that smart. Back in high school, Tina was always behind everyone else, dangerously close to failing year after year and the only way she was able to catch up with her homework was if she could get someone else to do it for her. Now, she worked in the same office building as Amanda but on a different floor. She was an “administrative assistant”, but got the job mostly due to her looks and her dad’s business connections. Amanda overheard snippets of her conversation as she sat down, silently laughing at Tina's speech.
"Oh, my God. Did you see Mark at that party last night?" the bimbo gushed. "He is, like, so hot!" She giggled as she heard her friend's response. "Yeah, and why was Julie there? She's, like, this super smart nerd or something. No one invited her, you know?"
Amanda took the gun out of her backpack and inspected it further. Suddenly, the bus ran over a pothole, causing Amanda to accidentally press the trigger. She watched as a beam of light shot out of the barrel, ricocheted off of one of the windows and hit...