Hate List: A Short Story

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There is this couple, Nick and Valerie. Who make this list with the people they don’t like. The two teens call it “Hate List”. Valerie used the list as another place to vent and get things off her chest. Nick on the other hand used this list as a place to choose his targets. The two of them were not very popular; they were always being bullied by others in the school. So there were many people on the list. School the next day was very horrifying for many including Valerie. Nick had opened fire in the school’s cafeteria where he was shooting people from the list. Valerie was screaming and trying to get him to just stop. She witnessed her boyfriend become a murder as he shot dozens of kids including a teacher. He had his gun pointed at

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