Screwing in closet shelving into studs create squeaking noise??

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I am installing closet shelving into my closet and in the process I need to screw the shelving into the wood studs behind the wall. I'm using ~2" manufacturer screws to do this, and it becomes very difficult to get the last 0.5" or so in using these screws; the screw head was getting worn out ... so i thought it might be cheap metal. So, I instead using about 2" drywall screws. Although the drywall screws went in without a problem, it made a squeaking noise in the last ~0.5" while doing this. Is this something to worry about? Or is there possible something behind the stud??

I do not think it is metal piping because I am installing it on a bedroom on a top floor with no bathroom nearby. Anyway, it seems like this last 0.5" is making me worry some. Anyone have any thoughts? So far, no issues have appear, but I am a little paranoid at this time. Thanks!
Not sure if it matters, I am using a cordless drill.

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A quick background.

My 25 year old sis, Dee, is a "not-quite-reformed" drug addict who is living in an apartment paid for completely by my stepdad, she gets foodstamps and has government-provided healthcare. She is currently married, neither she or her husband work. Her husband has been unemployed for five months, doesn't have a high school diploma or a GED and refuses to get the latter. Dee has a total of five children. Her first two children are autistic and live with her ex-husband, as she abandoned them when they were about 3 and 2 years old. Her youngest three children (two 2 year old twin girls and a boy that's not even 1 yet) are living with her. She has abused me physically, emotionally, and sexually when I was growing up, so I harbor a lot of anger towards her.

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I am enrolled for college currently, though Tom is the one who put it on his charge card so I could pay him back for it with the 00 I have in my bank account. I am a 20 year old female who has been put into the mental hospital on two occasions of her own accord, because I could not take the stress provided to me by my stepfather Tom and my sister Dee. I am the proud caretaker, though not owner, of a 1 year old black & tan American Cocker Spaniel named Dakota who has anxiety (she hides from loud noises and other people and pees when frightened). Tom is her legal owner.

I do not have a job, because nobody in my neighborhood is hiring. On top of that, I am extremely discouraged to get a job by Tom, who insists I should focus on school instead and that without an Associate's Degree I won't be able to get a job no matter what I do or what skills I may have. I also do not have a therapist/psychotherapy/psychologist/psychiatrist because the nearest one is in the city, and I do not have a driver's license. I have been diagnosed with multiple things, among them General Anxiety and Schizoaffective Disorder (w/ bipolar).

Recently, my sister discovered that she, her husband, and her three children are being evicted from their apartment due to their subhuman living standards, such as a dirty floor with food glued to the carpets that she lets the kids eat off of, furniture with food glued to it that she lets the kids eat off of, clogged toilet in the bathroom, feces on the walls, bedbugs, shelving units, dirty clothes all over the place, in general, bad things. They have found someone willing to let them rent an apartment from them, but one month's security and one month's rent for the 2 bedroom 1 bathroom is 00.

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Tom: I need you to get 00 from the bank tomorrow.
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Tom: Because I need it.
Me: For?
Tom: Dee.
Me: ... I don't really want to.
Tom: I'm asking this as a favor, please get the money and put it into her bank account.
Me: I really don't want to. It's my money.
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Me: Where dogs with anxiety don't get adopted and after three days are put to sleep.
Tom: It's not my fault, it's yours.
Me: Look, are you really that desperate? I don't want to give Dorothy my money.
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Me: Look, I'm sorry, but it's my money, I'm down to about 00, I don't want to give up 00 for her especially if you're going to throw me out.
Tom: I'm writing you out of my will.
Me: Fine, I don't care.
Tom: I'll give every cent to Dorothy.
Me: Go ahead, I don't care.
Tom: You will care. You'll be angry.
Me: I learne
Me: I learned not to trust any gifts you propose you may give me in the future."

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