Write a letter to one of the characters in the novel.

Dear Nick,
I just have a couple of questions for you. I am just curious about what thoughts were going through your head the day of the shooting. What exactly triggered you to go off like that and actually follow through with a joke? It seems to me that you should have thought about your actions before you did what you did. If you honestly didn't mean to hurt anyone, then why go about shooting people that were on the "Hate List"? It just seems so weird that you didn't want to hurt anyone, especially Valerie and you ended up shooting and killing multiple people, along with injuring a numerous amount of people as well. You hurt the individual that was there for you all throughout your life, the girl that was always going to be by your side and help you through anything. You didn't only hurt hurt physically with the gunshot to the thigh, but also hurt her mentally. You hurt her self esteem, her dignity and you have embarrassed her as well. Everyone sees her as a part of the crime and they think that she was playing a major role in it as well. Valerie wanted what was best for you and just wanted to help you out. She thought she knew you well enough that you were just joking and just blowing steam off your chest and venting to her. If you would have manned up and said something to your "Juliet" you would have ended up being with her forever, but now you have ruined everything that ever could have been by shooting up the school, injuring her both mentally and physically, and lastly by killing yourself in front of her. All I have to say is why, and what if anything did Jeremy have to do with this whole thing?