"Fucked Up Sweethearts." (TWDG Marlon Fanfiction)

Chapter 8

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I was frozen in place. I couldn't take my eyes off of Clementine's lifeless body.

"Oh my God..." Marlon said as he quickly pushed me off of him and stood up, looking over Clem's body, then looking at A.J. who looked completely shocked and utterly torn apart at the sight before his eyes.

Everybody was in shock because of what just happened, but the tension was rising quickly, and a few of their shocked expressions turned into angry ones, including Marlon's.

A.J. was just a kid, and he wasn't even aiming for Clem, not that it was okay that he was pointing the gun at anyone's head. I didn't know what they were going to say or do, but I knew I had to protect him from whatever, because right now, there's no way he could handle all of the backlash from almost adults.

I quickly stood up, grabbing the gun from A.J. and pointing it at the crowd while standing in front of him.

"Back off! All of you!" I said to them, noticing how Marlon's face looked even angrier than before as I did this.

"Are you fucking serious right now Aubrey?" Marlon said, stepping up to me.

"It was under control! We talked Marlon down, and A.J. was going to fucking shoot him. Instead, he shot Clem! He murdered my fucking friend!" Louis said, his voice filled with hurt and rage as he also stepped towards me.

Violet steppes up from the crowd, holding her axe as she pointed it at them as well.

"Take A.J., go inside." She said to me.

I grabbed A.J.'s hand and turned to walk back to the building.

"Come on, let's go."

"Oh, just let them go back to the dorms? What happens when one of us does something this kid doesn't like?" Louis said. "Should we expect a bullet too?"

I turned around and looked at Louis, getting ready to defend A.J. myself before Violet spoke up again.

"That's not what happened." She protested.

"It's exactly what happened!" Louis snapped back.

"It was over til little Mr.
Trigger Happy decided otherwise!"

"Marlon started this!" I stepped up, finally snapping as I couldn't take Louis and Marlon attacking A.J. like this.

"He killed Brody, and almost killed Clem too!" I said.

"Well I didn't! She made it out alive, and everything was going to be fine. A.J. killed Clem, and now you're standing there defending him when you weren't even going to defend me about Brody!" Marlon shouted back.

"It was an accident! A.J. wasn't even aiming for Clem, he was aiming for you, but he missed." Violet said. "But he missed, and honestly, I wish he hadn't."

Marlon was taken back by Violet's words as he looked at her, and then he looked over at me, giving me an angry look as well.

"Let's go." I said quietly to A.J., grabbing his hand and walking away towards the dorms. As we did, Ruby began sobbing and begging for help with Clementine's body.

As A.J. and I headed towards the dorm doors, Mitch cut in front of our path.

"She fucking protected you with everything she had, and you fucking murder her?" He shouted at A.J., and as he did, I felt A.J.'s grip on my hand tighten.